I'm all for bringing a bigger spotlight to the work of outsider artist Henry Darger, but this attempt to showcase his work via a documentary film falls flat. One might guess that it could be difficult to paraphrase 15,000-odd pages of narrative into a film and make it feel coherent. This is an unenviable task. Credit director Jessica Yu for her sincerity and willingness, but unfortunately her Darger portrait is tedious and unfulfilling.
Written 10/24/08
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