Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

Masters: Jay Rosenblatt retrospective

Short of Breath

United States
1990 — 10' / Color, Black & White

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Synopsis

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. It’s like a punch in the stomach.

Director Biography

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. His films have received over 100 awards and have screened throughout the world.

Director

Jay Rosenblatt

Producer

Jay Rosenblatt

Cinematographer

Jay Rosenblatt

Editor

Jay Rosenblatt

Sound

Jennifer Frame

Contact

Jay Rosenblatt Film Library
Transit Media
P.O. Box 1084
Harriman, NY 10926
800-343-5540
[email protected]