Ken Jacobs Movies
- 1965
Naomi Is A Dream of Loveliness
Naomi Is A Dream of Loveliness01965HD
Film portrait of Naomi Levine by Ken Jacobs
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- 2017
Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl
Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl02017HD
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...
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- 1955
Orchard Street
Orchard Street6.81955HD
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.
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- 2009
Berkeley To San Francisco
Berkeley To San Francisco02009HD
Freeview 3D film by Ken Jacobs
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- 1956
Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice
Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice01956HD
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...
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- 2021
In Front of Anthology
In Front of Anthology02021HD
2021, 1 minute 58 seconds, digital.
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- 2023
Hobgoblin Ball
Hobgoblin Ball02023HD
"One that creates a macabre dance by animating his own drawings." - Steve Anker
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- 2023
For James Otis
For James Otis02023HD
A Ken Jacobs eternalism made using a dazzling iPhone panorama from James Otis.
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- 2023
Book of Eternalisms 8
Book of Eternalisms 802023HD
The eighth entry in Ken Jacobs Book of Eternalisms series.
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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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- 2015
Batchellor’s Dog and Beach
Batchellor’s Dog and Beach02015HD
Anaglyph 3D short film by Ken Jacobs.
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- 2005
Let There Be Whistle Blowers
Let There Be Whistle Blowers02005HD
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...
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- 2008
Return to the Scene of the Crime
Return to the Scene of the Crime02008HD
This is how the film begins, duck-on-a-leash to Little Bo Peep to the revealing of the too-busy full stage-set. Each gets their close-up and the many...
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- 1970
Depth for One Eye or Two
Depth for One Eye or Two01970HD
An eternalism.
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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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- 2023
Book of Eternalisms 1-6
Book of Eternalisms 1-602023HD
A multi-part series of Ken Jacobs' Eternalisms.
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- 2013
A Primer in Sky Socialism
A Primer in Sky Socialism02013HD
Each new year Flo and I join the young and many-languaged crowd walking to the top of Brooklyn Bridge ostensibly for the fireworks. Fact is the...
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- 1969
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son6.21969HD
An experimental feature made by rephotographing the 1905 Biograph short Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son.
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- 1963
Little Stabs at Happiness
Little Stabs at Happiness5.81963HD
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...
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- 2017
A Spin Through Night City
A Spin Through Night City02017HD
Description by Ken Jacobs: A Spin Through Night City gets many visual elements spinning. Only daughter Nisi working at our computer knows how...
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