Tarnation Review

Tarnation is a very peculiar film, especially the first half of the film which is very avant-garde in terms of direction, effects, continuity and general style. This effect is meant to imply the psychosis that the character feels due to his mother’s mental health issues and the mental trauma he has suffered due to this and his fractures nuclear family. However this style ruins the first hour of this film since it is a documentary this cause you to struggle with empathising with the protagonist since it is such a radical change from documentary style (even from the style of a normal film). In testament to this the whole club struggled to emote with this and one member walking out. However once the film got to the half way point and the film fell into a more naturalistic documentary style the film became a lot more accessible and was a lot more engaging. Overall the film was an interesting insight into the people it was about, even if it was difficult to engage at the start.