Jay Rosenblatt
The Films of Jay Rosenblatt Vol. 1
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Year 1990-2000
Original format 16mm
Language(s) English
Artist(s) Jay Rosenblatt
Running time 85 min
Films
RESTRICTED (1999), 1'
SHORT OF BREATH (1990), 10'
THE SMELL OF BURNING ANTS (1994), 21'
HUMAN REMAINS (1998), 30'
KING OF THE JEWS (2000), 18'
BRAIN IN THE DESERT (1990), 4'
Description
A collection of five collage films by Jay Rosenblatt.
RESTRICTED / SHORT OF BREATH / THE SMELL OF BURNING ANTS / HUMAN REMAINS / KING OF THE JEWS
(1990–2000) 85 min
Jay Rosenblatt, who has been making short films since the early 1980s, creates films that address a variety of themes—from birth and childhood to religious faith, tyranny, and death. Often broadcast on public television and at film festivals, Rosenblatt's films are consistently recognized for their unique style and his commitment to taking risks.
"I used to make traditional narrative films with actors, and I found that stressful. (...) I was working on a project at the time—a filmed sequence for a theater piece—that required archival footage. The need to use existing images led me to the optical printer, a machine that allows a filmmaker to manipulate already-shot footage in different and new ways. It was a real discovery for me, and I began to turn more and more toward the use of found footage to create my films.
(...) I wasn't trying to mask the 'found footage' aspect, or to deliver a continuous narrative thread, but rather to put elements in juxtaposition."
(excerpts from the San Francisco Examiner, October 29–30, 2005, and the Miami New Times, July 26, 2001)