Ken Jacobs Movies
- 2023
From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight
From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight02023HD
A strobing deconstruction of Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight.
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- 2009
Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days
Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days6.52009HD
Using his trademark flicker method, Ken Jacobs pays homage to the oldest type of color film, Kodachrome (whose production was discontinued in 2009)...
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- 2010
Sensoriums at Sea: Toothy Two
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Sequel to Sensoriums at Sea: Dr. Toothy's New Entranceway
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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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- 1963
Blonde Cobra
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Jack Smith poses in elaborate costumes, plays with everyday objects, and performs for the camera while his disjointed voiceover unfolds through...
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- 1999
New York Street Trolleys 1900
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In this unique document, Jacobs demonstrates one of his live, multi-projection "Nervous System" film performances in real time. (The Nervous System...
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- 1994
Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
Bitemporal Vision: The Sea01994HD
'Blinking' 2D rendition of one of Ken Jacobs' Nervous System performances first presented in 1994.
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- 2007
Capitalism: Child Labor
Capitalism: Child Labor62007HD
A digital animation of a Victorian stereoscopic photograph of a 19th-century factory floor, crowded with machinery and child workers. Filmmaker Ken...
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- 2020
Brick Building with Red and Green Windows
Brick Building with Red and Green Windows02020HD
An Eternalism film.
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- 2009
Bob Fleischner Dying
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Ken Jacobs describes Bob Fleischner Dying: "Bob allows his sick and fading image to be caught in stereo photography. A man of mystery, so banal in...
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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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- 2019
Details of Pollock's White Light
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Ken Jacobs applies his patented Eternalism process to 3D images he took of Jackson Pollock's 1954 splatter painting.
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- 1970
Depth for One Eye or Two
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An eternalism.
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- 2017
Get Up and Go
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Description by Ken Jacobs: Get Up and Go is a glimpse given dimension. No day is complete without a visit to Chinatown and on this day my movie...
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- 2011
Seeking the Monkey King
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Suggestion: Please see 'Another Occupation' before 'Seeking the Monkey King'. Contains flicker like many of my works; avoid if you have epilepsy or...
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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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- 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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- 2020
Foliage in Moving Car Window
Foliage in Moving Car Window02020HD
An Eternalism film.
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- 2016
Ken Jacobs / Tom Chiu of Flux Quartet @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival
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"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"
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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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