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The 14th International Festival
Signes de Nuit
at Lisboa
October 1st - 9, 2016
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Special Program
# 09
Rosenblatt |
Friday, October 7, 2016 / 7 pm
DARC Desterro
Lisboa / Portugal
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Jay Rosenblatt |
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Jay Rosenblatt is an internationally recognized artist who has been working as an independent filmmaker since 1980 and has completed over twenty-five films. His work explores our emotional and psychological cores. They are personal in their content yet universal in their appeal. Jay's films have received over 100 awards and have screened throughout the world. A selection of his films had theatrical runs at the Film Forum in New York and at theaters around the country. In October 2010, he had a feature length program of recent work screen for a week at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Eight of his films have been at the Sundance Film Festival and several of his films have shown on HBO/Cinemax, the Independent Film Channel and the Sundance Channel. Articles about his work have appeared in the Sunday NY Times Arts & Leisure section, the LA Times, the NY Times, Filmmaker magazine and the Village Voice. Jay is a recipient of a Guggenheim, USA Artists and a Rockefeller Fellowship. Jay is originally from New York and has lived in San Francisco for many years. He has been a film and video production instructor since 1989 at various film schools in the Bay Area, including Stanford University, S.F. State University, and the San Francisco Art Institute. Since 2010 he is the Program Director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. He has a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology and, in a former life, worked as a therapist.
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Inquire Within |
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Jay Rosenblatt
USA
2012 / 0:04:40
Inquire Within is a hypnotic, apocalyptic examination of false choices, double binds, vulnerability and faith.
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The Claustrum |
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Jay Rosenblatt
USA
2014 / 0:16:00
Based on actual psychoanalytic case studies, THE CLAUSTRUM focuses on three women who are in enclosed psychological zones that function as both refuge and jail.
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A Long Way From Home |
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Jay Rosenblatt
USA
2015 / 0:03:00
A hand processed celluloid invocation of Jesus’ last hours that hints at the relationship between the spirit and the flesh. Had there been actual footage of the crucifixion dug up by archaeologists, it might have looked like this.
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The Darkness of Day |
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Jay Rosenblatt
USA
2009 / / 0:26:00
The Darkness of Day is a haunting meditation on suicide. It is comprised entirely of found 16mm footage that had been discarded. The sadness, the isolation, and the desire to escape are recorded on film in various contexts. Voice-over readings from the journal kept by a brother of the filmmaker’s friend who committed suicide in 1990 intermix with a range of compelling stories, from the poignant double suicide of an elderly American couple to a Japanese teenager who jumped into a volcano, spawning over a thousand imitations. While this is a serious exploration of a cultural taboo, its lyrical qualities invite the viewer to approach the subject with understanding and compassion.
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The D Train |
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Jay Rosenblatt
USA
2011 / 0:05:00
An old man reflects on his entire life. How quickly it all goes by.
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