The Illumination of Jim Woodring (2019)

This elegantly profound documentary explores the awardwinning mystical work of American comics creator cartoonist and painter Jim Woodring As an artist that has astounded the world for three decades he has also suffered from hyperrealistic hallucinations and visions since he was a child eventually diagnosed as autism and prosopagnosia His artwork has been lauded and collected by cultural luminaries such as Jeff Bridges actor Paul Allencofounder Microsoft and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather Audiences both familiar and unfamiliar with Woodrings work will be fascinated by this powerful cinematic biography which details the artists haunted youth and his attempts to make sense of a world that seemed less real while dealing with the challenges of his autism and spiritual curiosities