Ken Jacobs Movies

  • 2011
    The Green Wave

    The Green Wave

    The Green Wave

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    A stereograph of an ocean wave breaking is suspended in time as it reshapes in time and in depth. 3-D for both two eyed and single-eyed viewers.

    The Green Wave
  • 2011
    Another Occupation

    Another Occupation

    Another Occupation

    02011HD

    A stroboscopic train ride along a jungle stream. Asian military men appear with their pith-helmets, keeping the ferns, trees, monkeys, natives in...

    Another Occupation
  • 2017
    Windbreaker

    Windbreaker

    Windbreaker

    82017HD

    World Premiere -- Museum of Moving Image 1/14/2017

    Windbreaker
  • 2019
    CRUSH

    CRUSH

    CRUSH

    02019HD

    An Eternalism film.

    CRUSH
  • 2017
    Ulysses in the Subway

    Ulysses in the Subway

    Ulysses in the Subway

    02017HD

    A picturing of sound in 3D.

    Ulysses in the Subway
  • 2012
    Blankets for Indians

    Blankets for Indians

    Blankets for Indians

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    Blankets for Indians blends a stereoscopic study of water spurting from New York’s City Hall fountain with an intimately detailed portrait of...

    Blankets for Indians
  • 1991
    Quartet Number One

    Quartet Number One

    Quartet Number One

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    Quartet Number One (1991) 8 min.

    Quartet Number One
  • 2013
    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #2

    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #2

    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #2

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    "2013. USA. Directed by Ken Jacobs. With technical assistance by Nisi Jacobs. Part two of four. “Joys…began on the corner of Broadway...

    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #2
  • 1976
    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    71976HD

    Jonas Mekas adjusts to a life in exile in New York in his autobiographical film, shot between 1949 and 1963.

    Lost, Lost, Lost
  • 2011
    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

    72011HD

    A series of video letters between José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas.

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin
  • 2023
    From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight

    From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight

    From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight

    02023HD

    A strobing deconstruction of Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight.

    From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight
  • 2020
    Barber

    Barber

    Barber

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Barber
  • 2022
    When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves

    When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves

    When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves

    02022HD

    2022, 12:43, digital. Drawing by Victor Tomofeev, "A Skater's City"

    When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves
  • 2010
    A Loft

    A Loft

    A Loft

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    Jacobs applies his exacting digital techniques to footage of his New York City working and living space.

    A Loft
  • 2010
    Lavender

    Lavender

    Lavender

    02010HD

    A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.

    Lavender
  • 1976
    Spaghetti Aza

    Spaghetti Aza

    Spaghetti Aza

    01976HD

    Silent film by Ken Jacobs featuring his son asleep at the table then being put to bed.

    Spaghetti Aza
  • 1967
    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

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    First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

    For Life, Against the War
  • 2023
    Tourists of the Familiar 20

    Tourists of the Familiar 20

    Tourists of the Familiar 20

    02023HD

    Part of a series of Eternalisms

    Tourists of the Familiar 20
  • 2007
    Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames That Changed The World

    Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames That Changed The World

    Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames That Changed The World

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    Originally presented as an installation in the exhibition Evolution 2007 at Lumen in Leeds, GIFT OF FIRE devotes fetishistic attention to what is...

    Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames That Changed The World
  • 2014
    The Guests

    The Guests

    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...

    The Guests