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The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Daniel Johnston (Actor), Kathy McCarty (Actor), Jeff Feuerzeig (Director, Writer) Rated:
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4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 593 ratings
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Genre Documentary
Format NTSC, Widescreen, Black & White, Subtitled, Dolby, Multiple Formats
Contributor Gibby Haynes, Matt Groening, Jeff Feuerzeig, Kathy McCarty, Daniel Johnston, Henry S. Rosenthal, Jeff Tartakov, Jad Fair, Complex Corporation; This Is That Productions See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 50 minutes
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The award-winning true story of a musical genius whose career was undone by demons, both real and imagined.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.75 x 0.53 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2227543
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Jeff Feuerzeig
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Widescreen, Black & White, Subtitled, Dolby, Multiple Formats
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 50 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ September 19, 2006
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Daniel Johnston, Kathy McCarty, Jeff Tartakov, Gibby Haynes, Jad Fair
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ French
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Henry S. Rosenthal
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000GNOSGS
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Jeff Feuerzeig
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 593 ratings

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  • Mark
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest songwriters of all time!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2024
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    This is a must-see for any music aficionado. Daniel (RIP) was a once-in-a-lifetime talent and this movie shows his raw emotions.
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  • Stephen Fesenmaier
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great film about an amazing West Virginian - like Dancing Outlaw
    Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2006
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    The Devil and Daniel Johnston

    Reviewed by Steve Fesenmaier Sept. 21, 2006

    I finally saw the last of three major films made last year about someone from West Virginia. I wrote in this column that the WVIFF should show them - "Dear Wendy,"

    "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Else," and "The Devil and Daniel Johnston." As far as I know, none of the three films have been shown anywhere in the state.

    Daniel Johnston grew up in the northern panhandle of WV, near Chester and New Cumberland. He also spent time in Weston State Hospital. I was contacted by the director of use of the facility, and referred him to Pam Haynes at the WV Film Office. I also told him that Ralph Coon had used the facility when he filmed "Whispers from Space" about UFO expert Gray Barker. I wondered how the place was shown in this film.

    The scenes in Weston are extremely poignant because the film has audiotapes of Johnston talking about his experiences there including his obsession to write a song on Mountain Dew.

    I kept thinking of Robert Gates' great film about Michael Weber, "Communication from Weber" which is about a similar man with extreme mental problems. In the case of Weber, he died from brain cancer. In Johnston's case, he is still alive and apparently doing better now that he lives with his parents in rural Texas. Johnston moved to Austin, Texas while he worked for a traveling circus, actually ending up on the streets as a homeless person. It was while living in Austin and working at a McDonald's that he first became a legendary underground musician.

    He won a songwriting contest that included many "normal musicians." The film states that more than 150 artists have sung his songs including many well-known ones. I myself did not enjoy most of the songs he sings, finally enjoying the last song as the credits rolled. I always wondered if his supposed musical friends were just exploiting him as a freak, or genuinely enjoyed his strange, poorly played and song music.

    Besides constantly thinking of Michael Weber, I also recalled several films by the reigning genius of American documentary, Errol Morris. His films, especially "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control" and "Dr. Death" reminds me a lot of this film about a madman who stills does interesting things.

    Johnston is also a well-known outsider artist and made the cover of the NY Times Art Section recently for his work at the Whitney Museum in NYC. Curb Cobain made Johnston's art famous when he wore one of this t-shirts on TV and during his performances. He definitely has the ability to create disturbing, unique images and he is shown selling out at an Austin art show even before it opened.

    Besides Weber, other WV nutcases made famous recently including the departed Hasil Adkins and Jesco White of "Dancing Outlaw" fame as well as The Amazing Delores who shared her obsession with angels and demons with Johnston. We all know from the WVPBS series, "A Different Drummer" that there are many eccentric geniuses living in The Mountain State.

    Besides showing Weston State Hospital, the film shows several bridges with "Welcome to West Virginia" signs. I enjoyed seeing those since I have driven back to WV from trips west, finding real comfort in finally crossing the river back home.

    All mental health professionals should see this film. Watching a man's life that desperately needed good psychiatric help but failed to get it for decades is revealing. I wrote my MA thesis for library science on "Cinema Anti-Therapy - the films of Dusan Makavejev, Werner Herzog and Les Blank." The idea is that people with severe mental problems need understanding, not harmful manipulation, and some films will help show how understanding can go a long way to providing help. This film is definitely a prime example of this thesis.

    The DVD of this film may have the best extras of any film I have seen to date. Indeed, one of the most poignant scenes is shown as an extra. It shows Johnston finally meeting the love of his life, the object of hundreds of his songs, decades latter. She notes that she had never seen the film footage that he took of her until the making of the film. Here are the extras on the DVD -

    # Deleted Scenes

    # Sundance World Premiere Featurette

    # Laurie and Daniel Reunion Featurette

    # Daniel's reunion with his high school sweetheart Laurie

    # Legendary WFMU Broadcast Featurette

    # Cinema of Daniel Johnston

    # Personal Movies of Daniel Johnston

    # Daniel's Audio Diaries

    # Personal recording of Daniel Johnston

    # Commentary with Director Jeff Feuerzeig and Producer Henry S. Rosenthal

    This profile is Mr. Johnston is highly recommended. The film techniques are first class and hopefully all of our state's many filmmakers will watch it and study its A+ art. I doubt if WV's filmmakers will find many other subjects who have documented with film and audio tracks so much of their crazy lives, but if they have, and they have become other mad geniuses around the world, I hope to see more films like this one. I also hope that Robert Gates will transfer his 16-mm film "Communication to Weber" to DVD so that more people can see it.

    Access: Amazon and other fine DVD sources. $19.87.
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  • Jacob Mills
    5.0 out of 5 stars A captivating doc about a quirky and beautiful soul.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2021
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    After recently coming across Daniel's music, I HAD to know about him not only as musician, but as a person in general. This doc did not disappoint, chronicling his life in detail through the utilization of archival tapes and interviews with family, friends, and others that he had impacted along his way.

    Before watching the doc, I read a few of the reviews, the negative one's in particular. People saying, "The reference to Brain Wilson is ludicrous..." and "I don't understand why people support such awful music..."

    Undeterred, I still purchased the film and came to the conclusion after finishing it:

    1. The Brian Wilson reference was made by a fan who idolized Daniel and got a rare and random opportunity to jam with him. The reference was also made by Daniel's mother because of the parallels between both Brian and Daniel's struggles with mental-illness, and their ability to use their illnesses within their respective artistic endeavors. The Wilson reference is being made by FRIENDS and FAMILY, not Rolling Stone magazine... So be more attentive and less sensitive before you rail an entire film for such a comparison.

    2. Daniel's music purposely strays from the commonly accepted conventions of what our hypercritical society considers to be "good", and that's part of his appeal, at least for me. Mostly everyone can agree that he wasn't an insanely gifted singer, musician, etc.. etc.. but he carried on playing because music was his passion. Then a chance encounter with MTV catapulted him out of obscurity to cult-level status because people recognized he spoke from a place of truthfulness and created material from the darkest depths of his heart, using music and art in general as a medium to express feelings and ideas that he wanted us to understand and relate to like any well-renowned artist throughout history is able to do.

    If you're interested in learning more about the quirky character that is Daniel Johnston, and are open-minded towards music and obscure art, this documentary will deliver.

    RIP DJ.
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  • WW85
    4.0 out of 5 stars Hang in there...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2006
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    This film takes a strange arc. For those who watch it and are not intimately familiar with the man or his music (like me) the movie is really weird. Here is this guy who is introduced in the first concert clip as "the worlds greatest living songwriter" despite the fact that he has severe mental problems, can only sometimes sing on key and barely play the guitar. The first 90 minutes of the film shows this in great detail while giving few full-on examples of the music that makes DJ such a legend to some. It all becomes a little confusing and tedious.

    But then finally with about 10 minutes to go comes the uninterrupted song "True Love Will Find You In The End". Then parts of "Casper" and "Devil Town" and suddenly the movie and the music come together and everything begins to make sense. This is the only movie you will ever see where the closing titles are the best thing in the film and more than worth the price of admission. I've played the ending sequence set to "Held the Hand" over and over. The song and accompanying video sums up Daniel Johnston better than any reviewer could in 1000 pages of text.

    The closing closing titles and song ("Some Things Last a Long Time") almost out does the previous sequence and brings this excellent film to a bittersweet end. You now know who DJ is and why he is so revered. You may not be convinced that he's the equivalent of Dylan or Lennon, but you'll be left wanting to hear more.
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  • Leon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interessanter Film
    Reviewed in Germany on January 8, 2025
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    Über Mentale Gesundheit und Kreativität. Für mich als Fan ist es sehr spannend
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  • IGC
    5.0 out of 5 stars Imprescindible
    Reviewed in Spain on June 4, 2014
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    Daniel Johnston es un genio. Nació a principio de la década de los 60's y ha grabado toda su vida, desde su adolescencia, con aquellas primeras cámaras de vídeo.
    Su música y sus ilustraciones no dejan indiferente. Esta película narra toda su vida, que es su camino a la locura y el sufrimiento.
    Imprescindible para conocer un artista muy poco escuchado por aquí.
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  • SLH
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in Canada on March 16, 2016
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    Excellent documentary. Some find it disturbing, but there is much hopefulness in this story too.
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  • D Borja
    5.0 out of 5 stars Un personaje que se devela hasta las entrañas en una película lograda
    Reviewed in Spain on February 11, 2016
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    Ser artista es estar medio loco. Daniel Johnston es un artista excepcional. Cantante, productor, dibujante, diseñador, compositor; una figura de culto dentro de la escena musical. Este documental es un ejemplo excelente de lo que un personaje puede aportar a una historia. Para expandir la mente de cualqueira.
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  • james
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2011
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    If you're a fan of Daniel Johnston you'll absolutely love this, if you're not a fan of Daniel Johnston you'll probably find this bizarre and unappealing. Personally, he's one of my favorite musicians and this film is amazing. Really captures his kindred nature.
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