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What a profound disappointment. Good costumes + good acting + good music + lousy camera work and shitty HD equipment=large wasted looking home movie. I am ashamed to have paid $12.50 to see Johnny Depp running around with an all star cast filmed with what appears to be a cheap Canon XL 1 video camera. Mann should be ashamed to film so many great stars in a format that is only good for pornography and reality TV shows. I hope everyone does not end up going this way. How disappointing. I wonder if the all star Hollywood cast knew that the final product would look so cheap, and I wonder if audiences around the country are aware that they have been swindled. I am sure this film looks fine on your home TV, but it should never have been blown up onto 35mm and projected in theaters across the country. Especially a period piece set in the 1930's.

I saw an early screener of this documentary and I really enjoyed it. Johnny Boston captures the heart and soul of a little understood street artist named Alan who suffers bouts of mental illness. Alan has been struggling to survive in NYC and paint abstract pictures that have been sold to art collectors around the world. The film follows his life over a twenty year period, and traces the roots of his strengths and weaknesses from early childhood. I found the story very compelling, the editing was brisk, the illustrations and animations that were in the scenes also beautifully melded with Alan's life. I was haunted by some of the imagery long after the film ended.

I don't know when the public will be able to see this film, but it is really worth watching!