Matters of Life and Death

Jay Rosenblatt (The Smell of Burning Ants, Short of Breath) is best known for emotionally riveting work crafted largely from carefully mined and rhythmically re-printed and edited educational footage. Continuing this tradition, his new Phantom Limb (2005) is a collection of reflections on grief and loss triggered by the death of a child, and it is his most personal film to date. This half-hour premiere will be accompanied by other films about life, comedies focusing on his daughter Ella, including I Used To Be A Filmmaker, I Like It A Lot, and Little Tramp. Also: Worm, Friend Good, and Prayer. (Irina Leimbacher)