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Jonathan Caouette is an American film director, writer, editor and actor. Film career. Caouette is the director and editor of Tarnation (2003), an autobiographical documentary, [1] that premiered at the Sundance and Cannes film festivals in 2003 and the director of All Tomorrow's Parties about the cult music festival.
Jonathan Caouette is a filmmaker who has made documentaries, shorts, and music videos. He is known for Tarnation, All Tomorrow's Parties, and Rotaurorae, and has worked with Gus Van Sant, John Cameron Mitchell, and Patti Smith.
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- Houston, Texas, USA
Apr 19, 2023 · Jonathan Caouette, director of the award-winning autobiographical documentary “Tarnation,” is seeking donations to help cover the expenses of serious medical issues.
- Sophia Scorziello
Feb 7, 2023 · The visionary documentarian behind "Tarnation" is seeking donations for multiple dental procedures due to a "devastating infection" and chronic condition. Producers Marie Therese Guirgis, John Cameron Mitchell, Gus Van Sant, and Stephen Winter have set up a GoFundMe page to support his recovery.
- Robert Altman. 3 Women. This is, by far, one of my all-time favorite films of all time bar none. I have seen the film well over one hundred times, and I am always trying to get people to watch it with me.
- Louis Malle. Au revoir les enfants. This is a heart-wrenching film. It’s one of about three films that exist that truly still make me cry. I saw this at our local art-house cinema in Texas when it came out, and it was one of the first films that I saw that made me want to be a filmmaker in a real way.
- Nicolas Roeg. Bad Timing. I saw this recently for the first time, per Xan Cassavetes’s recommendation. The flashback sequences are painstaking. This is a kind of cinema that is rare and beautiful.
- Herk Harvey. Carnival of Souls. Thank you, Criterion, for putting this amazingly creepy film out into the world in such a beautiful, definitive way.
Oct 19, 2022 · The credits for Tarnation—directed, produced, and edited by Jonathan Caouette, and executive-produced by John Cameron Mitchell and Gus Van Sant—rolled over black. The film’s experimental form felt like a fever dream—or nightmare.
Jul 21, 2012 · When Jonathan Caouette’s kaleidoscopic DIY doc Tarnation debuted at Sundance in 2004, Facebook hadn’t yet launched. YouTube didn’t exist. And as for personal devices, the Mac on which Caouette famously edited his dirt-cheap film was about as slick as things got.
