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In the Realms of the Unreal

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Original title
In the Realms of the Unrealaka
AKA
  • The Mystery of Henry Darger
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Running time
81 min.
Country
United States United States
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Documentary
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Genre
Documentary
Synopsis
Henry Darger worked all his life in menial jobs in Chicago. Living alone and in poverty, he had no friends or close family. Spending all his off hours alone, he whiled away the hours working on a 15,000 page illustrated novel called The Realms of the Unreal. A stunning amalgam of religious imagery, fantasy, and heroic drama, the work was only discovered after Darger was moved to a hospital during the last days of his life. Darger also wrote journals and an autobiography. The documentary uses interviews with Darger's neighbors and narration of passages from his works, along with his illustrations, to explore the mind and work of Henry Darger.
Awards
2004: Vancouver International Film Festival: Best Documentary Feature
2004: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Documentary Screenplay
2004: Sundance Film Festival: nominated to Grand Jury Prize - Documentary U.S..
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In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
Jessica Yu
7.1
(147)
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