Ken Jacobs Movies
- 2021
In Front of Anthology
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2021, 1 minute 58 seconds, digital.
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- 2017
Capitalism Defeats Life on Earth, Cab in Rain
Capitalism Defeats Life on Earth, Cab in Rain02017HD
One of Ken Jacobs' eternalism films that explores themes of environmental destruction and capitalist greed through a 3D, suspended-time, stereoscopic...
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- 1963
Little Stabs at Happiness
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Little Stabs at Happiness is a collection of silent shorts Jacobs shot from the period of 1959-1963. Jaunty tunes (and a somber reflection) accompany...
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- 2020
PAINTED POSTER
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An Eternalism film.
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- 2019
Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party
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"My last image of Jonas."—Ken Jacobs
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- 1961
The Death of P'town
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Shot in Provincetown in the summer of '61 with the goal of funding a larger project, the film was never completed due to a violent argument between...
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- 1977
Book of Splendors, Part Two, Book of Levers: Action at a Distance
Book of Splendors, Part Two, Book of Levers: Action at a Distance01977HD
Foreman’s longtime friend Ken Jacobs situated himself in the audience of the legendary Ontological-Hysteric theater space at 491 Broadway to...
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- 1956
Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice
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Short film with Jack Smith as the mysterious leader of an even-more-mysterious cult, garbed in pseudo-papal regalia and adorned with jewelry and...
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- 2020
Movie That Invites Pausing
Movie That Invites Pausing02020HD
"Influenced by avant-garde artist-refugees from Europe, non-representational art dominated the art market after WW2 [...] Viewers offered open minds,...
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- 1975
Jerry Takes A Back Seat, Then Passes Out Of The Picture
Jerry Takes A Back Seat, Then Passes Out Of The Picture01975HD
In the backyard with the inimitable Jerry Sims. Shot in 8mm in 1975, edited and transferred to 16mm in 1987.
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- 2010
Sensoriums at Sea: Dr. Toothy's New Entranceway
Sensoriums at Sea: Dr. Toothy's New Entranceway02010HD
An anaglyph 3-D film by Ken Jacobs
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- 1969
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
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An experimental feature made by rephotographing the 1905 Biograph short Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son.
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- 2017
Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl
Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl02017HD
Description by Ken Jacobs: Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl is the fourth in a series of shorts (Popeye Sees 3D; Pappy Sees 3D, Too; Sweepea’s...
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- 2005
Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly
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Ken Jacobs, the erstwhile master of experimental celluloid filmmaking, fully embraces video technology in this reworking of the 1929 Laurel and Hardy...
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- 2014
The Guests
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A reworking of 10 seconds from Entrée d`une noce à l`église (Entrance of a wedding at the church), the 1896 Lumiere brothers...
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- 2003
Keeping an Eye on Stan
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The late, legendary experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage is the subject of this video portrait by his friends Ken Jacobs and Nisi Jacobs.The video...
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- 2023
Manhattan is an Island
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One last ferry ride with the Jacobs family.
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- 2022
Eat the Rich: Aligning Perspectives and Other Challenges to Viewers
Eat the Rich: Aligning Perspectives and Other Challenges to Viewers02022HD
Ken Jacobs short film
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- 2016
Ken Jacobs / Robert Poss @The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival
Ken Jacobs / Robert Poss @The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival02016HD
"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"
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- 2015
Batchellor’s Dog and Beach
Batchellor’s Dog and Beach02015HD
Anaglyph 3D short film by Ken Jacobs.
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