Movies: Daniel Johnston

This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, from childhood up to the present, with an emphasis on his mental illness and how it manifested itself in demonic self-obsession....

A nameless young man travels the country by bus and train, visiting friends and making new ones, having banal conversations, and dedicating his existence to mundane activities....

Artist Ron English travels across the country illegally putting up artwork of President Obama and Abraham Lincoln merged together....

Covers the history of the long running All Tomorrow's Parties music festival, utilizing footage generated by the fans and musicians attending the events themselves, on a multitude of formats including Super8, camcorder and mobile phone....

It's just a simple stretch of interviews and images capturing the people who camp out, dope up, drink up, sometimes get naked, and jump into a nearby waterfall, whilst listening to musicians like Daniel Johnston....

One of Daniel Johnston's short films made as a teenager....

A tribute to the late Daniel Johnston featuring covers from 15 different artists, released for the one year anniversary of the death of Daniel Johnston....

The Cutting Edge first aired in 1983 (a precursor to 120 minutes) on MTV providing viewers with a rare opportunity to intimately voyage the sounds, thoughts, work spaces and living quarters of the most interesting artists on the cutting edge of music...

Daniel Johnston stars in this psychedelic short film about an aging musician coming to terms with the dreams of yesteryear....

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Shot in 1988 at the home of Half Japanese co-founder David Fair. Daniel Johnston, Jad Fair, Susan Fair, David Fair and Charles Brohawn (The Tinklers) all participate, after Daniel's arrival and a taco dinner prepared by David. Daniel performs some of...

A professional video production of the July 2007 performance of Daniel Johnston at Union Chapel in London....

Marc, a bicycle courier, attempts to escape his lethargy, shyness and alienation by living vicariously through the lens of his Super 8 camera. When he dates the attractive Julia things take a wrong turn and Marc has to face the consequences. Cloud C...

Singer and musician Daniel Johnston sits on a bench in a park and recites or reads or sings a text, while kids are either running around or trying to understand what is going on....

From 1978 a written and directed short film by Daniel Johnston starring his father, Bill Johnston....