
Tarnation
Your greatest creation is the life you lead
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Release Date
10/19/2003Runtime
91 minsGenres
Overview
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more -- culled from 19 years of his life.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$218Revenue
$1,162,014Homepage
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A raw, formally fragmented journey through decades of family trauma assembled from home videos and memories. It's both a love letter to a troubled mother and an unflinching portrait of living inside crisis.
Mood
MelancholicClaustrophobicUnsettlingIntimate
Themes
FamilyComing of ageGriefIdentity
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Meditative
Look
HandheldDocumentary-likeStylized genre
Structure
Framed flashback
Heads up
Sexual violenceSuicide and self-harm
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