Ken Jacobs Movies

2020
Another Day in Days of Yore
Another Day in Days of Yore
02020HD
An Eternalism film.
2017
Capitalism Defeats Life on Earth, Cab in Rain
Capitalism Defeats Life on Earth, Cab in Rain
02017HD
One of Ken Jacobs' eternalism films that explores themes of environmental destruction and capitalist greed through a 3D, suspended-time, stereoscopic...
1963
Little Stabs at Happiness
Little Stabs at Happiness
5.81963HD
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...
2004
Star Spangled to Death
Star Spangled to Death
7.72004HD
An examination of the history of the U.S. through archival footage and contrasting views of society, incorporating audiovisual material ranging from...
2017
Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl
Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl
02017HD
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...
2005
Let There Be Whistle Blowers
Let There Be Whistle Blowers
02005HD
A train passes though a tunnel and hurtles on to a station. Time and space are toyed with, things enter an impossible state of ongoing movement while...
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...
1994
Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
01994HD
'Blinking' 2D rendition of one of Ken Jacobs' Nervous System performances first presented in 1994.
2023
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.
1967
Bill's Hat
Bill's Hat
01967HD
"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...
2015
Floral
Floral
02015HD
Experimental short silent film (black & white).
1999
New York Street Trolleys 1900
New York Street Trolleys 1900
01999HD
In this unique document, Jacobs demonstrates one of his live, multi-projection "Nervous System" film performances in real time. (The Nervous System...
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
01977HD
Foreman’s longtime friend Ken Jacobs situated himself in the audience of the legendary Ontological-Hysteric theater space at 491 Broadway to...
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...
2023
Tourists of the Familiar 15
Tourists of the Familiar 15
02023HD
Part of a series of Eternalisms
2023
Spasm
Spasm
02023HD
Spasm (2023, 13:41, digital)
2016
Snow in Headlights II
Snow in Headlights II
02016HD
An Eternalism film.
2010
Sensoriums at Sea: Toothy Two
Sensoriums at Sea: Toothy Two
02010HD
Sequel to Sensoriums at Sea: Dr. Toothy's New Entranceway
2020
RECIPROCAL
RECIPROCAL
02020HD
First two-cycle Eternalism. Interesting for the contrast of movements and depth configurations but also in indicating an end to the display and...
2022
When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves
When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves
02022HD
2022, 12:43, digital. Drawing by Victor Tomofeev, "A Skater's City"