In the Realms of the Unreal

[Dave Monroe]

The American Museum of Folk Art has the Darger Archive
...

http://www.folkartmuseum.org/default.asp?id=878

If teh Milwaukee Art Museum hadn't been shoveling
money into its Calatravesty on the lakefront, we could
at least have kept it in the neighborhood. 
Apparently, neither teh Art Institute or the MCA in
Chicago were interested, and I'm guessing Intuit (folk
art gallery et al.) didn't have the money ...

--- Ghetta Life <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for this!
> 
> I've had this on my Netfix que, and it was just
> released, but not yet sent.  
> I'll be watching this tonight!
> 
> Ghetta
> 
> >From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
> >
> >On PBS tonight (check yr local listings) ...
> >
> >10PM
> >P.O.V. "In The Realms of the Unreal" 01:26 #1807
> PBS
> >Reclusive janitor by day, visionary artist by
> night,
> >outsider artist Henry Darger moved through life
> >virtually unnoticed. He lived in a one-room Chicago
> >apartment, until his death in 1973. But after his
> >death, a treasure trove was discovered in his
> place: a
> >staggering 15,000-page novel, with hundreds of
> >illustrations that continue to inspire artists
> around
> >the world. He is now hailed as a master of outsider
> >art. With dreamlike animation, poignant narration
> by
> >Dakota Fanning, and a haunting musical score,
> Academy
> >Award winner Jessica Yu fashions a bold and
> beautiful
> >film, bringing Darger's beautiful and unsettling
> works
> >to life. Darger's startling universe of innocence
> and
> >pain shows how he forged magic out of the bleakest
> of
> >lives. [TV14]
> >
> >http://mptv.org/02Aug05.htm
> >
> >http://www.realmsoftheunreal.com
> >
> >http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2005/intherealms/
> >
> >
> >
>
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