tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88237442011-12-28T09:43:03.174-05:00Filmmaker - TarnationJonathan Caouettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374909734920866032noreply@blogger.comBlogger481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823744.post-24380617648621616902007-09-05T10:22:00.000-04:002007-09-05T10:49:54.545-04:00

Friends,Thank you for all of your comments and support since the release of Tarnation. It means more to me than you could ever know.Although there's been no new activity (on my end) for quite a while on this blog, I do still check in and read it from time to time. Fortunately, I'm very busy with new film projects, which makes it tough to find time to post.I've set up a new MySpace page recently

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Amazon.com has Tarnation available for pre-order.

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Modesto Bee - "Filmmaker deals with demons in Tarnation." Fairfield County Weekly - "Man With a Movie Camera." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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Starting December 3rd: Tempe, AZ: Harkins Valley Art Theatre Denver, CO: Landmark Mayan Theatre New Haven, CT: Criterion Theatre Stamford, CT: Avon Theatre New Orleans, LA: Landmark Canal Place Williamstown, MA: Images Cinema St. Louis, MO: Landmark Tivoli Theater Albuquerque, NM: Century 14 Downtown Pleasantville, NY: Jacob Burns Film Center Tarnation is now playing at the following theaters

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Riverfront Times - "Brave and Crazy ." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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Des Moines, IA: Fleur 4 Cinema & Café Iowa City, IA: Bijou Cinema - University of Iowa Tarnation is now playing at the following theaters. Tucson, AZ: The Loft Cinema Hartford, CT: Real Art Ways Indianapolis, IN: Key Cinema Boston, MA: Coolidge Corner Cinema Minneapolis, MN: Landmark Lagoon Cinema Pittsburgh, PA: Harris Theatre More theaters have been added to the "coming soon" section of the

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Thanks to Chuck Olsen, director of Blogumentary for shooting some footage of Jonathan's Q&A at the Get Real Documentary Film Festival. He's posted the video clips along with a review of the film and the evening in his post titled "Tarnation Tonight", which I'm betting he's wishing he'd titled something cooler at this moment. ;)

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Tarnation has been nominated along with "Bright Leaves", "Chisholm 72", "Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust", "Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster" & "Unbought & Unbossed". Congratulations to our fellow, very deserving, nominees.

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Hatfield Valley Advocate - "Mama, don't go -- Daddy, come home!" See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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Arizona Daily Wild Cat - "Tarnation: America's saddest home video." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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Southern Voice.com - "My life as a camera." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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Tucson, AZ: The Loft Cinema Atlanta, GA: Landmark Midtown Art Minneapolis, MN: Landmark Lagoon Cinema Huntington, NY: Cinema Arts Center See the Complete Theater List for showtimes and theaters near you.

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Minneapolis Star Tribune - "Tarnation is a a surreal memoir." (subscription may be required) Modesto Bee - "Form dominates substance in Tarnation." Washington DC Metro Weekly - "Jonathan Caouette discusses 'Tarnation,' his new documentary." St. Paul,MN Pioneer Press - "Messy home movies a tribute to the beauty of life." (subscription may be required) See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a

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Silver Chips Online - "Tarnation breaks boundaries to create art." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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Come celebrate the ongoing success of Tarnation, Thursday night at Crowbar on 28th Street between 10th & 11th Ave in New York City! Open bar from 11pm-12pm! For free entry, say you're on "Josh Wood's list" at the door or you're "Here for the Tarnation party." All are invited!

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South Florida Sun Sentinel - "From abuse and tragedy, filmmaker conjures uplifting magic on a computer." chlotrudis.org - "Tarnation." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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We've had a few e-mails that it's been tough to sign up for an account to leave comment, so I've opened it up to anonymous comments. J. Junker - blog admin

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South Florida Sun Sentinel - "Tarnation: Tale dark, uplifting at same time." Washington Post - "Picking Up the Pieces Of a Troubled Family." (registration may be required) Washington Times - "Tarnation takes self-pitty to extreme." (registration may be required) Business Wire - "American Vantage's Wellspring Receives Two Gotham Award Nominations." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a

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Tarnation's Executive Director, John Cameron Mitchell will be doing a Q+A at New York's Film Forum - 8:20pm show, TONIGHT (11-12-04). taken from the e-mail below: Hello, This is a letter from Jonathan Caouette and Stephen Winter, the director and producer of TARNATION. You are receiving this email because YOU are a member of the TARNATION-NATION! You have posted to our “I-Saw-It,” message

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Saturday, November 13th, Jonathan will attend the 5:15 & 7:45 showings of Tarnation at the Coolidge Corner Cinema in Boston MA. If you are in the area, don't miss this oportunity to interact with Jonathan during the Q&A sessions following each showing.

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Washington, DC: Landmark E Street Cinemas Fort Lauderdale, FL: Gateway Cinema 4 Miami, FL: ">Regal South Beach 18 Boston, MA: Coolidge Corner Cinema Baltimore, MD: Charles Theatre See the Complete Theater List for showtimes and theaters near you.

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Jonathan attended the screening of Tarnation last night at the Get Real Documentary Film Festival. This evening will find Jonathan in Washington D.C. fielding questions at the Landmark E Street Theater before Tarnation's 1 week engagement.

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Minneapolis City Pages - "Walk A Mile In My Headphones." Washington Post - "A Spliced-Together Life." (registration may be required) See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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Tarnation is among the nominees in the best documentary category for the 2004 Gotham Awards. The awards will be held in New York on December 1st. Link to the full story on indiewwire.com

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While in San Francisco this week, Jonathan took a little break from the business at hand to indulge in some movies and music. Here's what he's added to his collection this week: DVD's: David Lynch Presents: "I Don't Know Jack" "Safe" (with Julianne Moore) "Martin Tahse's After School Specials 1976-1977" CD's Denise James - "It's Not Enough To Love" Violet Indiana - "Russian Doll" Violet

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Saturday, November 6th: Jonathan is on his way to Philadelphia, PA: Ritz at the Bourse for 2 screenings of Tarnation. The screenings are at 12:40 PM & 7:25PM and there will be Q&A after each screening. You can book your tickets at the link above.

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At the Festival's closing night, Jonathan Caouette won the The Sutherland Trophy, awarded to the director of the most original and imaginative first feature, for Tarnation. London Film Festival Artistic Director Sandra Hebron said "Jonathan Caouette has created a richly textured intimate portrait of his life which is in turn heartbreaking, brutal, poignant and uplifting. This is a truly

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Washington Blade - "My life as a camera." Philadelphia Daily News - "Tarnation: self-exposed cut on iMovie." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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Portland, OR: Cinema 21 Philadelphia, PA: Ritz at the Bourse Nashville, TN: Belcourt Theater See the Complete Theater List for showtimes and theaters near you.

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Minneapolis, MN: Tarnation is among the films slated for the 4th annual "Get Real" Documentary Film Festival. Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Oak Street Cinema Jonathan is scheduled to attend the screening.

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For those of you who would like to be notified when we add something new to the blog, just enter your e-mail address over there on the right side and voila! you'll be signed up! http://www.bloglet.com

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For a listing of theaters showing Tarnation in France, visit the French Tarnation site: http://tarnation.free.fr/sitepagesfr/event.htm If you are looking for dates and theaters in the U.S., check out the Complete Theater List.

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Seattle Weekly - "Small World: The Real Deal." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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North Jersey.com - "An MTV baby points filmmaking in a new direction." AZ Central.com - "Budget of movie is lowest of the low ." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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http://www.lff.org.uk/ Tarnation is now showing at the 48th London Film Festival. The festival started on October 20th and continues through November 4th.

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Monterey, CA: Osio Cinema Palm Springs, CA: Laemmle Camelot 3 Theatre San Diego, CA: Landmark Hillcrest Cinemas Santa Rosa, CA: Rialto Cinemas Lakeside Provincetown, MA: New Art Cinema Huntington, NY: Cinema Arts Center Plano, TX: Angelika Film Center Plano See the Complete Theater List for showtimes and theaters near you.

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San Antonio Current - "Lost And Found." Monterey County Herald - "Examination of instability, Tarnation is a work of genius." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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Film Stew - "Caouette's So-Called Life." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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London Times - "Tarnation." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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The Daily Herald - "Filmmaker makes sense of a hard life in Tarnation." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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Tarnation - outside the U.S.: France London - Febuary 11th, 2005 (more details coming) Tarnation is now playing at the following theaters. Tucson, AZ: The Loft Cinema Tempe, AZ: Harkins Valley Art Theatre Denver, CO: Landmark Mayan Theatre New Haven, CT: Criterion Theatre Stamford, CT: Avon Theatre Hartford, CT: Real Art Ways Des Moines, IA: Fleur 4 Cinema & Café Iowa City, IA: Bijou Cinema

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The Austin Chronicle - "Tarnation sensation." The Dallas Voice - "Cinema's new wild child." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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if you are looking for some hi-res film stills from Tarnation, check out this page on Wellspring's site.

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If you do not wish to sign up for a Blogger account, but have a link or info you'd like added, please use this e-mail address: jonathancaouette@gmail.com

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The Houston Chronicle - "Painfully beautiful 'Tarnation' seals family bond." Newhouse News - "For Tarnation Filmmaker, Life Becomes Art." See the Tarnation Reviews & Links post for a complete list of articles about Jonathan & Tarnation.

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Links and Reviews are added to this list daily. A About.com - "Jonathan Caouette talks about Tarnation." The Advocate - "Grave Humor." Arizona Daily Wild Cat - "Tarnation: America's saddest home video." The Austin Chronicle - "Tarnation sensation." AZ Central.com - "Budget of movie is lowest of the low ." B BBC News - "Micro-budget film wows Cannes." The Boston Herald - "Tarnation unravels a

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Following are all of the songs you heard in Tarnation. Also listed is the original music composed and recorded by Max Avery Lichtenstein and original score composed and recorded by John Califra.Low - "Laserbeam"Iron and Wine - "Naked As We Came"Glen Campbell - "Wichita Lineman"Lisa Germano - "Reptile"Cocteau Twins - "Ice Pulse"From HAIR - "Frank Mills"From HAIR - "Walking In Space"Marianne

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www.i-saw-tarnation.com

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