Ken Jacobs Movies

  • 1969
    Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

    Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

    Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

    61969HD

    An experimental feature made by rephotographing the 1905 Biograph short Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son.

    Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
  • 1962
    Scotch Tape

    Scotch Tape

    Scotch Tape

    4.21962HD

    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...

    Scotch Tape
  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    01985HD

    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 2011
    Seeking the Monkey King

    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...

    Seeking the Monkey King
  • 2016
    Ken Jacobs / Rick Reed & Tara Bhattacharya @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival

    Ken Jacobs / Rick Reed & Tara Bhattacharya @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival

    Ken Jacobs / Rick Reed & Tara Bhattacharya @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival

    02016HD

    "Abstract Expressionist Cinema"

    Ken Jacobs / Rick Reed & Tara Bhattacharya @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival
  • 2020
    Transparent Apartments

    Transparent Apartments

    Transparent Apartments

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Transparent Apartments
  • 1963
    Little Stabs at Happiness

    Little Stabs at Happiness

    Little Stabs at Happiness

    5.61963HD

    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...

    Little Stabs at Happiness
  • 2020
    Broadway Buildings II

    Broadway Buildings II

    Broadway Buildings II

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Broadway Buildings II
  • 2009
    The Signing

    The Signing

    The Signing

    02009HD

    MM Serra and Jonas Mekas sign a paper in 3D.

    The Signing
  • 2007
    New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903

    New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903

    New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903

    62007HD

    First created and presented as a Tzadik New Jewish Culture offering in 1993. First performed live as a Nervous System performance with Catherine...

    New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903
  • 2019
    Details of Pollock's White Light

    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.

    Details of Pollock's White Light
  • 2012
    Emma's Dilemma

    Emma's Dilemma

    Emma's Dilemma

    12012HD

    Henry Hills’s Emma’s Dilemma reinvents the portrait for the age of digital reproduction. In a set of tour-de-force probes into the images...

    Emma's Dilemma
  • 1975
    Urban Peasants

    Urban Peasants

    Urban Peasants

    01975HD

    Filmed by Stella Weiss and family, chance-assembled from uncut 100-foot film-rolls. Sound precedes and follows silent image (40 minutes of image plus...

    Urban Peasants
  • 2005
    Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise

    Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise

    Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise

    5.92005HD

    A story told by director Ken Jacobs but without conventional storyline. Using a modified magic lantern, an early type of image projector developed in...

    Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise
  • 2020
    Municipal Building Passage

    Municipal Building Passage

    Municipal Building Passage

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Municipal Building Passage
  • 2005
    Let There Be Whistle Blowers

    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...

    Let There Be Whistle Blowers
  • 2016
    Mosco Street 2

    Mosco Street 2

    Mosco Street 2

    02016HD

    Polaroid 3D short film by Ken Jacobs.

    Mosco Street 2
  • 2019
    Once Upon a Planet

    Once Upon a Planet

    Once Upon a Planet

    02019HD

    Ken and Flo Jacobs walk from an MTA bus to their apartment in the icy rain. This is transformed by a 360° camera and digital effects into an...

    Once Upon a Planet
  • 2011
    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

    6.12011HD

    A series of video letters between José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas.

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin
  • 2011
    The Roses

    The Roses

    The Roses

    02011HD

    The Roses is a meditation on art, aging, and the nature of listening, as well a conversation between generations and between artists. The anaglyph...

    The Roses