Jay Rosenblatt

Jay Rosenblatt

Jay Rosenblatt is an American experimental documentary filmmaker known for his work in the field of collage film since 1980.

Movies for Jay Rosenblatt...

How Do You Measure a Year?
Title: How Do You Measure a Year?
Character: Self
Released: August 13, 2021
Type: Movie
For 17 years, filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt filmed his daughter Ella on her birthday in the same spot, asking her the same questions. In just 29 minutes, we watch her grow from a toddler to a young woman with all the beautiful and sometimes awkward stages in between. Each phase is captured fleetingly but makes an indelible mark. Her responses to her father’s questions are just a backdrop for a deeper story of parental love, acceptance, and ultimately, independence.
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When We Were Bullies
Title: When We Were Bullies
Character: Self
Released: January 28, 2021
Type: Movie
A mind-boggling "coincidence" leads the filmmaker to track down his fifth grade class – and fifth grade teacher – to examine their memory of and complicity in a bullying incident fifty years ago.
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The D Train
Title: The D Train
Character: himself
Released: March 11, 2011
Type: Movie
An old man reflects on his entire life. How quickly it all goes by.
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I Am a Sex Addict
Title: I Am a Sex Addict
Character: L.A. Therapist
Released: October 14, 2005
Type: Movie
Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his romantic and sexual history, including his ideological commitment to open relationships, that led to two disastrous marriages and several very pissed off ex-girlfriends.
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King of the Jews
Title: King of the Jews
Character: Narrator
Released: March 14, 2000
Type: Movie
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.
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A Pregnant Moment
Title: A Pregnant Moment
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A 'dog-u-mentary' about birth, loss and near death. The film follows three adults and a dog named Lola through Lola's pregnancy, the birth of her puppies, and the loss of each puppy to their new owners. Often funny and ultimately sad, the piece explores our love and attachments to dogs and our projections onto animals.