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Portrait of the artist as a disturbed young man: 'THE DEVIL & DANIEL JOHNSTON'(star)(star)(star)1/2.(Movie review)
Byline: Allison Benedikt
Apr. 14--After his first tab of acid, dosed backstage at a 1986 Butthole Surfers' show in New York, the scrawny, scruffy and wide-eyed singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston smacked his manager with a pipe, putting him in the hospital, ran away to New Jersey, sent members of Sonic Youth on a wild goose chase after him, spent 24 hours in Bellevue, was released mistakenly due to a clerical error and opened at CBGB that night.
"In terms of creating a legend," says ex-girlfriend Kathy McCarty in Jeff Feuerzeig's excellent documentary, "The Devil and Daniel Johnston," "he's done absolutely everything right."
Feuerzeig, who makes wise and liberal use of Johnston's home Super 8 ...
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...how porous it is in the work of Daniel Johnston--barely a membrane. In The Devil and Daniel Johnston, the director, Jeff Feuerzeig...and Tarnation.) The Devil and Daniel Johnston opens with the twentysomething...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) April 14, 2006 700+ words
...his documentary "The Devil and Daniel Johnston." It is a compassionate and...audiences, unknown - story of Daniel Johnston, son of conservative Christian...troubled soul, "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" fits the bill. It opens today...
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- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) August 13, 2009 700+ words
Byline: Katjusa Cisar Daniel Johnston's show at the Annex Wednesday...documentary, 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston,' cemented his iconic status...comment to your rating Years ago, Daniel Johnston foretold his fate in his song...
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- Magazine article from: Artforum International Schwendener, Martha June 22, 2006 700+ words
Daniel Johnston first emerged in the mid-1980s with...the recent documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston, which compares him to similarly troubled...less-than-retiring "Hi, I'm Daniel Johnston and I'm going to be famous." But...
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- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Harvey, Dennis February 9, 2005 700+ words
...editor, Tyler Hubby; music, Daniel Johnston: sound designer (Dolby Digital...Running time: 110 MIN. With: Daniel Johnston. Mabel & Bill Johnston...Sundance for "The Devil and Daniel Johnston," his long-in-making portrait...
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- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) August 11, 2009 700+ words
...Rob Thomas Underground musician Daniel Johnston's show scheduled for Wednesday...2005 documentary "The Devil and Daniel Johnston," which delved into both his...Publicity shot Underground musician Daniel Johnston's show scheduled for Wednesday...
- `The Devil and Daniel Johnston'.(Movie review)
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) DeLuca, Dan April 27, 2006 700+ words
...quite a bit in "The Devil and Daniel Johnston," Jeff Feuerzeig's film about...after all. ___ THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON 3 { stars Directed by Jeff Feuerzeig. With Daniel Johnston, Jeff Tartakov, Mabel Johnston...
