Congrats to Johnny Boston, big cheese at client Raw Media and director of “My Name is Alan And I Paint Picture,” for two great reviews of said documentary.
The Times had this to say:
(W)hile Mr. Cowan’s story is sympathetically told, it’s ultimately a springboard for the movie’s lucid explanation of how creativity and mental illness interact within the brain. The film insists that there’s medical proof of art’s healing power — that with the right mix of medication, therapy and routines, schizophrenics with substance-abuse problems can make creativity their sole addiction.
And New York Magazine similarly raved:
Johnny Boston’s involving documentary about Alan “Streets,” a paranoid-schizophrenic artist from Britain trying to make it in New York, walks a fine line between easy sentimentality and dry, clinical analysis. But despite the obvious pathos of its subject, the film somehow manages to avoid both pitfalls, thanks mainly to its foregrounding of the artist’s imaginative and vibrant work, which often comes alive through simple animations.
My Name is Alan is currently screening in New York and will be in Los Angeles later this month. For more info, go to the web site.
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