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Documentaries like The Devil and Daniel Johnston

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The 3 reasons people love The Devil and Daniel Johnston

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  1. You love raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement.

  2. You want a close portrait of one fragile, gifted man.

  3. You like a life told through its own tapes and home movies.

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  • One More Time with Feeling2016

    • raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement

    Good for you if you like watching songs take shape in the studio.

  • Tupac: Resurrection2003

    • raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement
    • a close portrait of one fragile, gifted man
    • a life told through its own tapes and home movies

    Good for you if you want Tupac's life in his own voice, from his own interviews.

  • Whitney2018

    • raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement
    • a life told through its own tapes and home movies

    Good for you if you like hearing Whitney Houston's voice in her prime.

  • I Am: Celine Dion2024

    • raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement
    • a life told through its own tapes and home movies

    Good for you if you grew up with Celine Dion's songs.

  • Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool2019

    • raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement
    • a life told through its own tapes and home movies

    Good for you if you want to hear Kind of Blue and the records that changed jazz.

  • Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me2022

    • raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement
    • a close portrait of one fragile, gifted man
    • a life told through its own tapes and home movies

    Good for you if you want the person and not the press tour.

  • Everybody’s Everything2019

    • raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement
    • a life told through its own tapes and home movies

    Good for you if you love Lil Peep's songs or want to know where they came from.

  • Mia Martini - I Am Mia2019

    • raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement

    Good for you if you love Italian songs sung with everything she had.

  • Imagine: John Lennon1988

    • raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement
    • a close portrait of one fragile, gifted man
    • a life told through its own tapes and home movies

    Good for you if you love the Beatles and Lennon's solo songs.

  • The Punk Singer2013

    • raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement
    • a close portrait of one fragile, gifted man
    • a life told through its own tapes and home movies

    Good for you if you love loud, angry punk.

  • Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry2021

    • raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement

    Good for you if you like watching songs being written at home before they become hits.

  • Until the Light Takes Us2008

    • raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement
    • a life told through its own tapes and home movies

    Good for you if you want to understand where Norwegian black metal came from.

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