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Every year brings new evidence of DIY creativity emboldened by the technology at its disposal, from the rise of iPhone cinematography to TikTok stars, but nothing has embodied the artistic possibilities of the digital era more than Jonathan Couette’s “Tarnation.” The filmmaker’s 2003 debut is a poignant epic in miniature, assembled from years of home videos with abstract reflections on his complicated life and his mother’s struggles with her mental health. Couette never tries to hide the scrappy nature of his project, as its iMac filters and cheap intertitles lend the impression of a handmade operatic tone poem.
The $200 production remains a singular example of working within limited means without compromise. Even today, that visionary achievement feels as though it’s ahead of its time,...
Every year brings new evidence of DIY creativity emboldened by the technology at its disposal, from the rise of iPhone cinematography to TikTok stars, but nothing has embodied the artistic possibilities of the digital era more than Jonathan Couette’s “Tarnation.” The filmmaker’s 2003 debut is a poignant epic in miniature, assembled from years of home videos with abstract reflections on his complicated life and his mother’s struggles with her mental health. Couette never tries to hide the scrappy nature of his project, as its iMac filters and cheap intertitles lend the impression of a handmade operatic tone poem.
The $200 production remains a singular example of working within limited means without compromise. Even today, that visionary achievement feels as though it’s ahead of its time,...
- 6/23/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
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