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Title Tarnation / Tarnation Films, in association with Wellspring Media, presents ; producer, Stephen Winter ; executive producer[s], John Cameron Mitchell, Gus Van Sant ; produced by Jonathan Caouette ; directed by Jonathan Caouette.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Wellspring Media, [2005]
©2005

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 Moore Video  HQ755.85 .T37 2005    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition Standard format.
Description 1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
mixed
video file
DVD video
System Details DVD; surround 5.1 or stereo. 2.0.
Performer Renee LeBlanc, Jonathan Caouette, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis, David Sanin Paz.
Credits Edited by Jonathan Caouette ; co-editor, Brian A. Kates ; original score and orchestration by John Califra ; original music by Max Avery Lichtenstein.
Event Filmed on location in Portland, Ore., Houston, Tex. and New York City.
Note Originally produced as a documentary film in 2003.
Special features: optional audio commentary with Caouette; 1983/1984 rushes (15 min.); music video for Califra's "Hummingbird", directed by Caouette (2 min.); music video for Califra's "I remember", directed by Caouette (3 min.); film poster gallery; American trailer; French trailer.
Summary "Jonathan Caouette's spellbinding debut film re-imagines the whole idea of what a documentary can be. Having filmed his life since he was eleven years old, Caouette has woven together a psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, super-8 home movies, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of '80s pop culture and dramatic re-enactments to create an epic portrait of an American family torn apart by dysfunction and reunited through the power of love ... Begins in 2003 as Caouette learns of his mother's lithium overdose back in his native Texas. Faced with the haunting remnants of his past, including a family history of mental illness, abuse and neglect, Caouette returns home to aid in his mother's recovery. During this time, he rekindles a touching relationship with his mother, another victim of a tumultuous childhood and discovers that family ties are never truly unbound"--Container.
Awards Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2004: BSFC Award - Best New Filmmaker (Jonathan Caouette); National Society of Film Critics: Best Documentary.
Language In English, with optional French subtitles.
Subject Caouette, Jonathan, 1973-
Caouette, Jonathan, 1973-
LeBlanc, Renee.
LeBlanc, Renee.
Mothers and sons.
Mothers and sons.
Dysfunctional families.
Dysfunctional families.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Experimental films.
Experimental films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Added Author Winter, Stephen, 1969-
Mitchell, John Cameron.
Van Sant, Gus.
LeBlanc, Renee.
Caouette, Jonathan, 1973-
Davis, Adolph (Actor)
Davis, Rosemary, 1927-1995.
Sanin Paz, David.
Kates, Brian A., 1972-
Califra, John.
Lichtenstein, Max Avery.
Tarnation Films.
Wellspring Media.
ISBN 0794205666
9780794205669
Standard No. 720917545325
Music No. FLV5453 Wellspring Media