In the realms of the unreal [videorecording] / directed, produced, written and edited by Jessica Yu ; produced by Susan West ; produced in association with the Independent Television Service ; produced by Diorama Films.
Voice of Henry Darger, Larry Pine ; narrator, Dakota Fanning. Originally produced for television in 2003. Special features: interview with Yu (30 min.); storyboards; photo gallery; Yu filmography; theatrical trailer (2 min.).
Summary:
"Henry Darger, an elderly recluse, spent his childhood in an Illinois asylum for feeble-minded children and his adulthood working as a janitor. He lived a quiet, nearly solitary existence, but his imaginary life was exciting, colorful and sexually provocative. When he died in Chicago in 1973, his landlady discovered in his room 300 paintings, some over 10 feet long, and a 15,000 page illustrated novel ("The realms of the unreal"), which told the epic story of the virtuous Vivian Girls, seven angelic sisters who lead a rebellion against godless, child-enslaving men" -- Container.
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