Ken Jacobs Movies
- 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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- 1966
The Sky Socialist
The Sky Socialist01966HD
Ken Jacobs’s most elusive and mysterious film is at once an allegory of movie-making, a demonstration of 8mm versatility, and a celebration of...
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- 2011
OCCUPY WALL STREET, THE 99% JOIN IN
OCCUPY WALL STREET, THE 99% JOIN IN02011HD
Short visit to Zuccotti Park. Flo and I walk along Broadway and meet no less that 50,000 people turning onto Broadway at Chambers Street. The event...
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- 2023
Ken Jacobs - from Orchard Street to the Museum of Modern Art
Ken Jacobs - from Orchard Street to the Museum of Modern Art02023HD
One of the most extraordinary personalities in the history of moving images, native New Yorker Ken Jacobs, and his wife and long-time creative...
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- 2007
Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames That Changed The World
Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames That Changed The World02007HD
Originally presented as an installation in the exhibition Evolution 2007 at Lumen in Leeds, GIFT OF FIRE devotes fetishistic attention to what is...
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- 2016
Ken Jacobs / Victoria Keddie @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival
Ken Jacobs / Victoria Keddie @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival02016HD
"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"
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- 1965
Lisa and Joey in Connecticut
Lisa and Joey in Connecticut01965HD
Jacob's home movie portrait of Alfred Leslie and his family intercut with fragments of a Mickey Mouse cartoon.
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- 2009
The Day Was a Scorcher
The Day Was a Scorcher02009HD
A 3-D vacation album, The Day Was a Scorcher pictures what Jacobs describes as "movie-star Flo, Nisi the thoughtful young girl, and Aza old enough to...
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- 2023
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde02023HD
A 2023 Ken Jacobs Eternalism
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- 2022
When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves
When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves02022HD
2022, 12:43, digital. Drawing by Victor Tomofeev, "A Skater's City"
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- 2018
Tree Stump
Tree Stump02018HD
Experimental short film.
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- 2021
In Front of Anthology
In Front of Anthology02021HD
2021, 1 minute 58 seconds, digital.
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- 2009
"Slow is Beauty"-Rodin
"Slow is Beauty"-Rodin02009HD
Anaglyph 3D film by Ken Jacobs based on a 1974 shadow play performance.
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- 2023
Manhattan is an Island
Manhattan is an Island02023HD
One last ferry ride with the Jacobs family.
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- 2020
RECIPROCAL
RECIPROCAL02020HD
First two-cycle Eternalism. Interesting for the contrast of movements and depth configurations but also in indicating an end to the display and...
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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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- 1977
The Doctor's Dream
The Doctor's Dream01977HD
"The editing procedure was to count the number of shots and start the film off with the numerically middle shot and then, after that, the shot that...
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- 2007
Nervous Lantern at Kill Your Timid Notion Festival
Nervous Lantern at Kill Your Timid Notion Festival02007HD
This event was part of Arika’s Kill Your Timid Notion festival in 2007 at Dundee Contemporary Arts.
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- 2013
Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #2
Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #202013HD
"2013. USA. Directed by Ken Jacobs. With technical assistance by Nisi Jacobs. Part two of four. “Joys…began on the corner of Broadway...
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- 2023
Book of Eternalisms 1-6
Book of Eternalisms 1-602023HD
A multi-part series of Ken Jacobs' Eternalisms.
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