The Devil and Daniel Johnston presented by the Louisville Film Society

If I had any hipster credibility I'd totally lose it by telling you that I've never really been able to stand Daniel Johnston's music. That said I've heard nothing but good things about this film and think it will be very, very interesting.

"The romantic cliché that all artists are a little bit mad is put through its paces (if never seriously questioned) in this documentary about a mentally ill man whom Kurt Cobain once called the greatest living songwriter....Now in his mid-40's, Mr. Johnston lives with his parents in Texas and continues to make music with a local band, but, as he announces in the film's opening voice-over, he considers himself little more than "the ghost of Daniel Johnston." Jeff Feuerzeig, who won the best-director award at the 2005 Sundance festival, cobbles together a moving portrait of the artist as his own ghost, using a wealth of material provided by Mr. Johnston, from home movies to audiocassette diaries to dozens of original, and often heartbreakingly beautiful, songs." - Dana Stevens, New York Times

The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 8 PM
$5 Museum Admission, FREE for LFS & KMAC members

Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft
715 West Main Street
Louisville, KY