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Category: Henry Darger

What’s Up, Documentary?

On July 16, 2013July 17, 2013 By mapelbaIn character, criticism, documentary, dreams, film, Henry Darger2 Comments

The other evening I watched the documentary Heart of the King. Have you seen it? Do you watch documentaries much? Are you a fan of Elvis? I'm not a huge Elvis fan. I don't dislike him either though. His story is interesting and I've sung along to some of his songs. But I love documentaries …

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The Unreal

On April 21, 2011April 21, 2011 By mapelbaIn art, documentary, Henry Darger, publication, video, writing10 Comments

Have you seen this documentary? Henry Darger wrote a novel more than 15,000 pages long. He created hundreds of paintings and drawings. No one knew until he was dead. He wasn't a man to go on tour or network. He created his own world and didn't have to care about book signings, fan pages, reviews, …

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