Most Popular Daniel Johnston Trailers
Total trailers found: 17
16 October 2012
The Cutting Edge first aired in 1983 (a precursor to 120 minutes) on MTV providing viewers with a rare opportunity to intimately voyage the sounds, thoughts, work spaces and living quarters of the most interesting artists on the cutting edge of music.
21 May 2006
Marc, a bicycle courier, attempts to escape his lethargy, shyness and alienation by living vicariously through the lens of his Super 8 camera.
01 January 1978
From 1978 a written and directed short film by Daniel Johnston starring his father, Bill Johnston.
05 February 2009
Artist Ron English travels across the country illegally putting up artwork of President Obama and Abraham Lincoln merged together.
20 September 2025
This newly completed work – made after Johnston’s death – constructs a highly revealing portrait of the artist via interviews with his sister, Marjory (who in his later years collaborated with Daniel on his artwork and continues to advocate for and promote his work), a special focus on his drawings, as well as documentation of his last home, a house in Waller, Texas, which he filled with a truly mind-boggling volume of books, records, VHS tapes, and other collections, all of which serve as a kind of self-portrait of a unique mind and sensibility.
11 September 2020
A tribute to the late Daniel Johnston featuring covers from 15 different artists, released for the one year anniversary of the death of Daniel Johnston.
31 March 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.
11 November 2015
Daniel Johnston stars in this psychedelic short film about an aging musician coming to terms with the dreams of yesteryear.
01 January 1974
One of Daniel Johnston's short films made as a teenager.
14 March 2009
Covers the history of the long running All Tomorrow's Parties music festival, utilizing footage generated by the fans and musicians attending the events themselves, on a multitude of formats including Super8, camcorder and mobile phone.
31 December 1988
A nameless young man travels the country by bus and train, visiting friends and making new ones, having banal conversations, and dedicating his existence to mundane activities.
30 June 1985
It's just a simple stretch of interviews and images capturing the people who camp out, dope up, drink up, sometimes get naked, and jump into a nearby waterfall, whilst listening to musicians like Daniel Johnston.
01 August 1988
Shot in 1988 at the home of Half Japanese co-founder David Fair. Daniel Johnston, Jad Fair, Susan Fair, David Fair and Charles Brohawn (The Tinklers) all participate, after Daniel's arrival and a taco dinner prepared by David.
18 July 2001
Singer and musician Daniel Johnston sits on a bench in a park and recites or reads or sings a text, while kids are either running around or trying to understand what is going on.
08 December 2008
A professional video production of the July 2007 performance of Daniel Johnston at Union Chapel in London.
12 February 2025
Jean-Luc le Tenia (1975-2011) is the author of more than 1,300 songs, produced in a hurry, minimalist and melancholic.