Tarnation Movie Review 2003

Feature debut of Caouette is an experimental documentary constructed from home movies, photographs, letters, phone messages, and created video footage that Caouette edited on his home computer and layered with appropriate songs. It follows the emotional journey of Caouette and his mentally ill mother from a Texas childhood legacy of abuse, neglect, and an escape into a self-created fantasy world, to their lives 20-odd years later.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on DVD
Running time 88 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Docudrama, Documentary, Mental Hospitals, Incest, Rape, Gays, Texas, Moms

Screenplay

Jonathan Caouette

Cinematography

Jonathan Caouette

Director

Jonathan Caouette

Music

John Califra, Max Lichtenstein

Other

Jonathan Caouette

Producer

Stephen Winter, Jonathan Caouette