Tarnation is a documentary film by Jonathan Caouette. Jonathan tells us about his life and his mother who is mentally ill mother, Renee. We see 20 years of footage, photographs and answer machine calls. He lived his early years in Houston, Texas but later moved to New York City at the age of 25. The film entered the market in 2003 earning the sum of $1,162,014. So my thoughts on the film, I really did feel shocked and quite emotional over it and at parts i could relate to him, though having a ill mother i do have a father that guides me. With some of the slightly coloured toned photographs and music was quite terrifying but it does give you an idea how he felt around that period of time. I would like to comment on some of the transitions in the film, the only one i am going to complain about is the repetitive flashing transitions, they where too frequent and i was slowly getting slightly dizzy from it and if any longer it would be quite nauseating for me. Also the film contains a lot of on screen text to read and at points i couldn't read all of it, i would persoanlly prefer someone narrating what needs to be said rather than reading. Towards the end of the film we see his mother singing about a pumpkin, at this point i wasn't too sure if she was being humorous or something else but i felt that scene went on a little bit too long, it did make me feel slightly uncomfortable again it does bring back a memory from my own life. In seriousness, it's a powerful film. "Your greatest creation is the life you lead."
- Film Trailer
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