Tarnation
This was an unusual film to start off with. Deeply troubling and overwhelming are the words that come to mind. Not a poor documentation of someone's mystory in the least. I did feel really confused most of the time while I was watching it.I thought it was interesting in the beginning how uneducated the parents were about shock treating their daughter. They do not say if they did any research other then what the doctors told them. I know that any sort of big thing, like a surgery, I would have researched and assessed. Then, if I had any doubts in my mind at all, it would not happen. It that community and time period that was how they handled disorders. Just because on the outside a person seems fine does not always mean in the inside that is the case. Falling off a roof is traumatizing to begin with. Who knows what sort of nerve damage ect....happened that just needed time to repair itself with proper care. The parents seem to have solidified their daughters ill fate with that shock therapy.
Who knows if the entire story is true though. It seemed that everyone had some sort of mental disorder or personality disorder. Personal accounts do not always match up when it is only told through one person. I know he had much on film, but I still think it may be a little more one sided. Especially, when Jonathan was "interviewing" his mother Renee. She was pretty bad. Some of her accounts of things probably did happen. There were things she said that were questionable. Especially after the lithium overdose. Sadly, she had brain damage. Correct recollections of memory's would have me worried.
I would really have liked to know more about the father. I am sure he would have given great insight on the family and Renee before Jonathan was born. I would have liked to see more of that in the film. At least it he seemed to find romance and perhaps a loving normal relationship with that guy in New York. I was happy for him he found someone who did not have a psychological problem.
For Jonathan to be into the Gay community at such a young age was different for me to see. Especially since he was dressing up as a goth girl to get into clubs. It did not surprise me that he did get really into theatre and directed school plays. He is very artistic and creative. Could it have been the drugs at such a young age? We still do know exactly how ones brain works after taking mind altering drugs. To what extent was the damage? He was still developing and growing as a young boy.
Something that I notices that with most families you have a tradition. It could be birthday celebrations, Christmas, or thanksgiving etc... I did not see any in the film. It was full of pain early on. The foster care people beat the poor child. It is amazing the boy is not more screwed up.
Technology was important to this film. If Jonathan owning a camera at a young age helped him to document and make his movie. I really think it was an outlet for him. One might think that looking through that camera lens you are just filming a scene in a movie. That it is not real. Me said that he became disconnected and felt like he was walking through a dream. I think he put in the movie that it was depersonalation disorder.
"Feelings of detachment or estrangement from ones self are signs of depersonalization. Although these feelings are difficult to describe, individuals with this disorder will report feeling as if they are living in a dream or watching themselves on a movie screen. They feel separated from themselves or outside their own bodies. People with this disorder feel like they are "going crazy" and they frequently become anxious and depressed". http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/Dissociative.html That was a huge theme in the movie, those feelings and memories connected with them.
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