Tarnation
What:
Tarnation
Where:
Cinema A, Australian Cinémathèque, Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Brisbane
When:
Fri 15 Feb, 7.30pm
How much:
Free
Watch the trailer:
Here
You have to wonder what would possess Gus Van Sant and John Cameron Mitchell to get involved in an autobiographical documentary with a budget of US $218.
Tarnation details the life of Jonathan Caouette, growing up with a mother suffering from schizophrenia.
This guerrilla confessional is part documentary, part home movie, part narrative fiction. The film collages artefacts from Caouette's past - Super-8 home movie footage, video diaries, amateur footage, photographs and even answering machine messages - to construct a picture of his life growing up as a gay teenager in Texas in the ‘80s living in an atypical family.
Unique story. But the film separates itself from most other film projects also in terms of style and technique. Caouette edited the film himself using Apple Computer's free consumer-grade DV editing program iMovie. Among the snippets of some 160-hours of raw footage he has shot over his lifetime are a milieu of ‘80s cultural artefacts including songs and filmclips.
Don't see this film because it has won awards. See this film for its insight into humanity in the face of adversity. In the face of rape, abandonment, homophobia, drug addiction and psychosis.
Format: Cinema
Mood: Make a therapy appointment now
Keywords: Gus Van Sant, Film, GOMA
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