Mar 31, 2006
110 min
Full-HD

The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)

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.

Category

Documentary Music

Country

United States of America

Companies

Complex Corporation This is that

Daniel Johnston

Self

Bill Johnston

Self

Margie Johnston

Self

Mabel Johnston

Self

Jeff Tartakov

Self

Kathy McCarty

Self

Dick Johnston

Self

Laurie Allen

Self

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