Shock Head Soul
This cross-media documentary (film, installation and website) explores the life and writings of Daniel Paul Schreber. Now famous as an Outsider Artist, Schreber was a successful lawyer, who in 1893, started to receive messages from God via a ‘Writing Down Machine’ that spanned the cosmos. He spent the next nine years confined to an asylum. This is his story.
- Overview
- Cast
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Shock Head Soul
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Apr 26, 2012
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
50%
Original Title
Shock Head Soul
Production Companies
Hot Property Films, Illuminations Films, Submarine
Director
Simon Pummell
Description
This cross-media documentary (film, installation and website) explores the life and writings of Daniel Paul Schreber. Now famous as an Outsider Artist, Schreber was a successful lawyer, who in 1893, started to receive messages from God via a ‘Writing Down Machine’ that spanned the cosmos. He spent the next nine years confined to an asylum. This is his story.