Ken Jacobs Movies

2017
Ulysses in the Subway
Ulysses in the Subway
02017HD
A picturing of sound in 3D.
2011
Seeking the Monkey King
Seeking the Monkey King
4.82011HD
Suggestion: Please see 'Another Occupation' before 'Seeking the Monkey King'. Contains flicker like many of my works; avoid if you have epilepsy or...
1963
Scotch Tape
Scotch Tape
4.41963HD
Shot in 1959, Scotch Tape is Jack Smith's first film -- a joyous, three-minute romp, in color, using Peter Duchin's rhumba "Carinhoso" for its...
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...
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...
2024
Tourists of the Familiar 70
Tourists of the Familiar 70
02024HD
A Rainy Day in New York.
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...
2022
Eat the Rich: Aligning Perspectives and Other Challenges to Viewers
Eat the Rich: Aligning Perspectives and Other Challenges to Viewers
02022HD
Ken Jacobs short film
2008
Anaglyph Tom (Tom with Puffy Cheeks)
Anaglyph Tom (Tom with Puffy Cheeks)
5.52008HD
Here Jacobs revisits the original 1905 source material of his celebrated 1969 structuralist film, Tom Tom the Piper's Son. In his earlier film, a...
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...
2007
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...
2008
Momma's Man
Momma's Man
6.22008HD
An adult decides to escape the pressures of life and return to his old bedroom at his parents' house.
2016
Lurking
Lurking
02016HD
3D Eternalism film by Ken Jacobs
2026
BOOK OF ETERNALISMS 42
BOOK OF ETERNALISMS 42
02026HD
No description from the artist.
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...
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,...
2016
I'm Telling You
I'm Telling You
02016HD
Features two old men talking on the Lower East Side; one loud mouth, the other bizarrely amiable, in 3D.
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...
1999
New York Street Trolleys 1900
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...
2010
Sensoriums at Sea: Toothy Two
Sensoriums at Sea: Toothy Two
02010HD
Sequel to Sensoriums at Sea: Dr. Toothy's New Entranceway