The other night we watched this documentary about Henry Darger, a solitary janitor, living in a studio apartment in Chicago. Rarely did he leave his house or speak to anyone. Over the course of 40 years, he wrote a 10,000 page book called "In the realms of the unreal".
The film brings Henry Darger's rich fantasy world to life with animation, prose and anecdotes from the few people that Henry spoke to over the years. It explores both the loneliness of his reality and richness of his fantasy in sensitive ways.
The filmmaker is Jessica Yu, who has done many other documentaries.
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