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Phantom Limb |
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In twelve short chapters,
filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt reflects on the loss of his younger brother in
1964. Eliot Mitchell Rosenblatt was barely seven years old and ill for
two years. Jay, who was two years his senior, felt guilty after Eliot's
demise, but was unable to express his feelings. Nobody in the family
discussed the subject. 'Now, several decades later, we still do not talk
about him.' The twelve chapters are introduced as in a silent movie. The
inserted titles refer to the different stages of mourning, as the
filmmaker experienced them. He uses titles like separation, collapse,
grief, denial, confusion, shock, communication and comeback. For each
episode, Rosenblatt rummaged the film archives for associative footage,
mainly in black-and-white. 'Collapse' is illustrated by images of
buildings that are demolished with dynamite. In 'shock', a scientist
describes the reaction of two rats in a cage who are administered a
shock. In 'loss', a man explains how you can still feel your arm, even
if it was amputated a long time ago. This phenomenon is called phantom
limb pain. |
Original language:
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Deckert Distribution GmbH
• Marienplatz 1 • 04103 Leipzig • Germany |
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