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The Films of Jay Rosenblatt:
SHORT OF BREATH
THE SMELL OF BURNING ANTS
HUMAN REMAINS
RESTRICTED
KING OF THE JEWS

Scene from KING OF THE JEWS
Scene from KING OF THE JEWS
All films Produced and Directed by
Jay Rosenblatt
Filmsource Information

USA, 1990-2000
80 Minutes

Scenes from the Films of Jay RosenblattJay Rosenblatt's short films are elegant mosaics combining: educational movies from the 50s and 60s, newsreels, Hollywood clips, historical footage, home movies, and a rich trove of archival materials. But surreal and dreamlike as they often feel (not unlike the work of Bruce Conner), Rosenblatt's movies also have hard-hitting psychological and historical underpinnings.

THE SMELL OF BURNING ANTS considers the casual brutality and violence of growing up male; HUMAN REMAINS reviews the personal foibles and eccentricities of the 20th century's most reviled dictators (Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Franco, Mussolini); and KING OF THE JEWS, his newest mini-opus, presents his uneasy childhood experience of Jesus as a point of departure for exploring the nexus of fear, fascination and transcendence.



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