Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Tarnation

Wow! where do I begin?, I think I enjoyed this film the most so far out of all the films, in a weird way lol. John has definitly had a harsh, wrecked life, and the way he put his life into a film was awesome. I can't believe it was done with just $300.00. One of the scenes I liked was the imaging cut out in 4 boxes format and then at the same time it had different colors, it reminded me of the artist andy warhol and how he did his art work, John might of been inspired by him?? Another one of my favorite scenes is when you hear johns voice over images. I believe john starts talking about what he's been through sort of in a whispering voice? Some of the images in this film were a little to daring for people to see, but i guess john wanted to just really get into people's minds with certain images. One line that struck through my head was when the grandpa said, " You knew of heaven before you were born, and god put that mark above your lip so you could forget heaven once you were born" that could've meant so many things, maybe possibly referring to renee that she was in heaven before she was born, and when she was brought into this world she knew nothing of heaven, because she was put through so much pain through most of her life.

1 comment:

  1. that story of the "forgetting angel" works as sort of a structural device in the film, no? What do you make of the image fragmentation/collage of other sources in relation to identity?

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