The Films of Jay Rosenblatt : Volume 1

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A collection of 5 collage films by Jay Rosenblatt.

RESTRICTED / SHORT OF BREATH / THE SMELL OF BURNING ANTS / HUMAN REMAINS / KING OF THE JEWS

(1990-2000) 85min

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Jay Rosenblatt, who has been making short films since the early 1980s, makes films that deal with a variety of themes — from birth and childhood to religious faith, tyranny and death. Frequently screened on public television and film festivals, Rosenblatt ’s films are consistently recognized for their unique style and his commitment to taking risks.

"I had been making traditional narrative films using actors and found it stressful. (...) I happened to be working on a project -- it was a film sequence for a theatre piece -- that required some archival footage. The need to use existing footage led me to the optical printer, which is a machine that allows a filmmaker to manipulate existing footage in different, new ways. This was a real discovery for me and I began moving more and more toward the use of found footage to create my films.
(...) I wasn't trying to mask the found-footage aspect, to deliver a throughline but with the pieces in a kind of juxtaposition."
(excerpts from the SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER-OCTOBER 29-30, 2005 & the MIAMI NEW TIMES - July 26, 2001)

Author(s) Jay Rosenblatt
Format DVD NTSC Interzone/Region 0
Language(s) English
Runtime 85 min
Publisher Locomotion Films

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