Tarnation Reviews

A disfunctional texas little Xavier Dolan, kind of autobiographical terapeutic thesis, he asks for faith in the idea that everything is true (or just see it on Google or in bonus items),mmmm

The first time I heard about this movie was maybe 10 years ago. Back then, during a talk-show, a Dutch actress displayed a short sample and it seemed so disturbing that I became instantly seriously intrigued by the damned thing. Eventually, I'm surprised that it took me so long to see this flick but it was definitely worth it. To be honest, it didn't turn out to be so disturbing after all and, apparently, this damned Dutch actress had chosen to show the most dramatic scene. Anyway, even though I did like this movie, the main issue I had was that it did feel like a huge ego trip. I mean, 90% of the movie was about Jonathan Caouette in movies and pictures and the fact that he referred to himself in the third person didn't help either. Still, from a collection of pictures and home-videos, Caouette managed to deliver something at times jarring but most of the time visually quite impressive and, even if I was maybe not completely fascinated by this family, there was still something quite interesting about them. Eventually, the whole thing might seem like a way for Caouette to deal with his messed up background but, in my opinion, it was pretty obvious that, even though he obviously had some issues of his own (who doesn't?), he was after all far more stable than his poor mother. Anyway, to conclude, I thought it was a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in experimental movies. 

Everyone shouls see this movie just to realize where the future of cinema is headed. Certainly one of the strangest and most interesting movies of the year, and I suspect that in years to come a number of other strange and interesting movies will show traces of its influence.

I originally saw this because it had received so many rave reviews when it came out in theaters and on video, but honestly this has to be the most pretentious documentary I've probably ever seen.