Ken Jacobs Movies

2019
Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party
Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party
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"My last image of Jonas."—Ken Jacobs
1991
Quartet Number One
Quartet Number One
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Quartet Number One (1991) 8 min.
2005
Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly
Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly
02005HD
Ken Jacobs, the erstwhile master of experimental celluloid filmmaking, fully embraces video technology in this reworking of the 1929 Laurel and Hardy...
1961
The Death of P'town
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...
2023
For James Otis
For James Otis
02023HD
A Ken Jacobs eternalism made using a dazzling iPhone panorama from James Otis.
1956
Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice
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...
1969
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
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.
1955
Orchard Street
Orchard Street
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This short film documents the daily life of the goings-on on Orchard Street, a commercial street in the Lower East Side New York City.
2020
Movie That Invites Pausing
Movie That Invites Pausing
02020HD
"Influenced by avant-garde artist-refugees from Europe, non-representational art dominated the art market after WW2 [...] Viewers offered open minds,...
2026
A Date with Shirley
A Date with Shirley
02026HD
Dir. Ken Jacobs. 2025, 48 mins. U.S. Digital. This colorful and cubist record of a Chinatown haircut is the final long-form work by the great...
1977
Book of Splendors, Part Two, Book of Levers: Action at a Distance
Book of Splendors, Part Two, Book of Levers: Action at a Distance
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Foreman’s longtime friend Ken Jacobs situated himself in the audience of the legendary Ontological-Hysteric theater space at 491 Broadway to...
2002
A Tom Tom Chaser
A Tom Tom Chaser
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A Tom Tom Chaser is Jacobs' 2002 poetic riff on the transformation of his classic film Tom Tom the Piper's Son from chemical to electronic form...
2009
The Signing
The Signing
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MM Serra and Jonas Mekas sign a paper in 3D.
1967
Bill's Hat
Bill's Hat
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"The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my...
1975
Jerry Takes A Back Seat, Then Passes Out Of The Picture
Jerry Takes A Back Seat, Then Passes Out Of The Picture
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In the backyard with the inimitable Jerry Sims. Shot in 8mm in 1975, edited and transferred to 16mm in 1987.
2016
Lurking
Lurking
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3D Eternalism film by Ken Jacobs
2002
Circling Zero: Part One, We See Absence
Circling Zero: Part One, We See Absence
92002HD
Our daughter Nisi and son Aza happened to both be staying at our loft on Chambers Street when fundamentalist Islam struck. A friend observing the...
2009
"Slow is Beauty"-Rodin
"Slow is Beauty"-Rodin
02009HD
Anaglyph 3D film by Ken Jacobs based on a 1974 shadow play performance.
2009
Berkeley To San Francisco
Berkeley To San Francisco
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Freeview 3D film by Ken Jacobs
2019
Details of Pollock's White Light
Details of Pollock's White Light
02019HD
Ken Jacobs applies his patented Eternalism process to 3D images he took of Jackson Pollock's 1954 splatter painting.