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simplephysics · 07-09-2009, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by sweet_nothing

ehh I hope youre referring to the movie and not my comment. Before going into the movie I had only 'Fun' by him which I thought was really good, and my ex girlfriend had met him and everything at last year's ACL and I knew he has suffered from mental illness and manic depression. I had expected the documentary to just be interviews with him and his friends and whatever stock footage they had (as these types usually do) but its actually much more in depth. With the home movies and tape recordings of everything from his mom yelling at him to him flipping out on the drummer from Sonic Youth. Some parts I laughed at like the Mountain Dew part "This Daniel Johnston speaking from a Mental Hospital and they say I'm crazy....because I love Mountain Dew so much, I can't get enough of it!" Some of it's really sad about how much his mental condition has almost ended his life and career trying to crash his father's plane, attacking an old woman, and ect. But then you have the people who are their for him through the thick and thin his manager who worked so hard for him even when he fired him and his parents whom he still lives with and take care of him.

I was referring to the movie.. it really makes you appreciate everything he's been through, and gives you a whole new take on his recordings. I only had a few albums before seeing the movie as well (Fun being one of them- the fact that it was a total flop really surprised me) and after watching it got my hands on his earlier, more landmark albums like hi, how are you and yip/jump music. My emotions really get pulled around with this one, like the scenes you mentioned, and when he was harassing that elderly woman who jumped out her window. Like I said, heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time. That being said I really want to see him live, take advantage of living in Texas and go see him play sometime!