KING OF THE JEWS

February 25, 2001

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival

Another Jay Rosenblatt found footage story. This one about his growing up Jewish and believing his people killed Jesus until learning, in a film, that Jesus himself was Jewish. He has basically cornered the market on this kind of filmmaking. He uses clips of old, mostly instructional footage, to tell his story. Half the fun is figuring out the connection between the image onscreen and how it relates to the story he's telling. He's had better efforts.