A woman is reduced to tears. She bends over backwards trying to be a good wife and mother. Her head is cut off from her heart. A doctor picks her brain. A boy inherits his mother’s depression.
Short of Breath is a haunting, emotional collage about birth, death, sex and suicide.

Short Of Breath.mkv

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Runtime: 	10mn 21s
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https://nitro.download/view/418E95264118549/Short_Of_Breath.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

The post Jay Rosenblatt – Short of Breath (1991) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

a beautiful and very powerful film

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“A 28-minute tour de force… a beautiful and original exploration of grief and loss.” – Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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“The death of my seven-year-old brother when I was nine remains a painful and haunting memory. My parents did not know how to cope with the loss of their child and the entire family experienced indescribable pain. Phantom Limb uses this personal story as a point of departure. Whether it is a loss through death or divorce, the stages of grieving are the same. Individuals often go through denial, anger, bargaining, depression and, ultimately, some kind of acceptance, in order to heal. The film is loosely structured according to these stages. Interspersed throughout this poetic documentary are interviews with a cemetery owner, a phantom limb patient and an author of a book about evidence for life after death. Phantom Limb reminds viewers that while grief is painful and isolating, it is a reminder to each of us that life is impermanent.” – Jay Rosenblatt

Jay Rosenblatt - 2005 - Phantom Limb.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	28 min 3 s
Size: 	511 MiB
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https://nitro.download/view/65B15736FF8F460/Jay_Rosenblatt_-_2005_-_Phantom_Limb.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

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Grand Prize, USA Film Festival

“A highly emotional personal essay on Christian anti-Semitism that weaves together history, autobiography and snippets of Hollywood films depicting the life of Jesus.”
–Stephen Holden, The New York Times

King of the Jews is a film about anti-Semitism and transcendence. Utilizing Hollywood movies, 1950’s educational films, personal home movies and religious films, the filmmaker depicts his childhood fear of Jesus Christ. These childhood recollections are a point of departure for larger issues such as the roots of Christian anti-Semitism.

King of the Jews explores the challenges and fears of being an outsider, of holding beliefs different from the mainstream. The myth that “the Jews” killed Jesus has been responsible for centuries of pain and destruction. After 2000 years, the wound is still open. The film uses the resurrection of Christ as a metaphor for personal renewal. Only by acknowledging past injustices can we get closer to our shared humanity.

https://nitro.download/view/BD35F6038E6BA2B/King_of_the_Jews.avi

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

The post Jay Rosenblatt – King of the Jews (2000) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Human Remains is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of this century’s most reviled dictators. The film unveils the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco and Mao Tse Tung. We learn the private and mundane details of their everyday lives — their favorite foods, films, habits and sexual preferences. There is no mention of their public lives or of their place in history. The intentional omission of the horrors for which these men were responsible hovers over the film.

Human Remains addresses this horror from a completely different angle. Irony and even occasional humor are sprinkled throughout the documentary. This darkly poetic film is based entirely on fact, creatively combining direct quotes and biographical research. Though based on historical figures, Human Remains is contemporary in its implications and ultimately invites the viewer to confront the nature of evil.

“‘Human Remains’ is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil
by creating intimate portraits of five of this century’s most reviled dictators.
The film unveils the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin,
Francisco Franco and Mao Tse Tung. We learn the private and mundane details
of their everyday lives — their favorite foods, films, habits and sexual preferences.
There is no mention of their public lives or of their place in history. The intentional
omission of the horrors for which these men were responsible hovers over the film.

“Human Remains’ addresses this horror from a completely different angle.
Irony and even occasional humor are sprinkled throughout the documentary.
This darkly poetic film is based entirely on fact, creatively combining direct quotes
and biographical research. Though based on historical figures, ‘Human Remains’
is contemporary in its implications and ultimately invites the viewer to confront
the nature of evil.”

from IMDB: “This is a very odd short documentary. It is broken into segments
during which one of several dictators narrates about his life and thoughts and quirks.
At times, these men sound very human, and with various frailties, but this is juxtaposed
with their obsessions and quirks that are evidence that they are indeed twisted men.
Some bizarre facts? Well, that Hitler was sexually obsessed with his young niece, Geli,
as well as that Mao never bathed and didn’t care at all that he spread VD to his many,
many young sexual partners. Hearing about the oddities and thoughts of these freaks
is strangely compelling and chilling…. Well worth seeing.”

https://nitroflare.com/view/4F336C9DC1AC246/Human_Remains_%28Jay_Rosenblatt%2C_1999%29.avi

Narration in English, with hard-coded German subs.

The post Jay Rosenblatt – Human Remains (1998) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Winner of 23 Awards

“…a profoundly disturbing and imaginative work.”
–Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

The Smell of Burning Ants is a haunting documentary on the pains of growing up male. It explores the inner and outer cruelties that boys perpetrate and endure. The film provokes the viewer to reflect on how our society can deprive boys of wholeness.

Through formative events of a boy’s life, we come to understand the ways in which men can become emotionally disconnected and alienated from their feminine side. The common dismissal that “boys will be boys” evolves into the chilling realization that boys frequently become angry, destructive and emotionally disabled men. The Smell of Burning Ants illustrates how boys are socialized by fear, power and shame. The film is a catalyst for discussion and an opportunity to begin the process of healing the wounds of childhood.

https://nitro.download/view/367AF909AE29727/The_Smell_of_Burning_Ants.avi

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

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