Ken Jacobs Movies

  • 2012
    Blankets for Indians

    Blankets for Indians

    Blankets for Indians

    02012HD

    Blankets for Indians blends a stereoscopic study of water spurting from New York’s City Hall fountain with an intimately detailed portrait of...

    Blankets for Indians
  • 2007
    Nymph

    Nymph

    Nymph

    02007HD

    An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

    Nymph
  • 1995
    Looting For Rodney

    Looting For Rodney

    Looting For Rodney

    01995HD

    Ken Jacobs film on Rodney King and the LA Riots utilizing Pulfrich 3-D, in which a single dark filter is placed before one eye.

    Looting For Rodney
  • 2007
    Nervous Lantern at Kill Your Timid Notion Festival

    Nervous Lantern at Kill Your Timid Notion Festival

    Nervous Lantern at Kill Your Timid Notion Festival

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    This event was part of Arika’s Kill Your Timid Notion festival in 2007 at Dundee Contemporary Arts.

    Nervous Lantern at Kill Your Timid Notion Festival
  • 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
  • 2023
    Writhing City

    Writhing City

    Writhing City

    02023HD

    2023, 25:34, digital

    Writhing City
  • 2008
    The Scenic Route

    The Scenic Route

    The Scenic Route

    02008HD

    "One of the nice things about movies was you could keep them at a distance. Movies knew their place. We were dimensional, they were flat, so it was...

    The Scenic Route
  • 1956
    Little Cobra Dance

    Little Cobra Dance

    Little Cobra Dance

    01956HD

    Jack Smith descends a fire escape in a makeshift "Arabian" costume and improvises increasingly frenetic choreography.

    Little Cobra Dance
  • 2020
    Storefront

    Storefront

    Storefront

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Storefront
  • 2020
    Clouds and Trees

    Clouds and Trees

    Clouds and Trees

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Clouds and Trees
  • 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
  • 1968
    Huge Pupils

    Huge Pupils

    Huge Pupils

    01968HD

    In 1968, Noren finished Huge Pupils, a gorgeous, sensuous, sexually outrageous visual study of his daily life, and part I of an ongoing series he...

    Huge Pupils
  • 2021
    A Small Misunderstanding

    A Small Misunderstanding

    A Small Misunderstanding

    02021HD

    2021, 6:23, digital. Part of the Nervous Magic Lantern films.

    A Small Misunderstanding
  • 2023
    Hobgoblin Ball

    Hobgoblin Ball

    Hobgoblin Ball

    02023HD

    "One that creates a macabre dance by animating his own drawings." - Steve Anker

    Hobgoblin Ball
  • 2007
    Popeye Sees 3-D, TOO

    Popeye Sees 3-D, TOO

    Popeye Sees 3-D, TOO

    02007HD

    A film in the Popeye Series by Ken Jacobs

    Popeye Sees 3-D, TOO
  • 2020
    Sleeping American

    Sleeping American

    Sleeping American

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Sleeping American
  • 2015
    Afternoon Tide

    Afternoon Tide

    Afternoon Tide

    02015HD

    3D Polaroid *Note: Must be viewed on 3D monitor with polaroid glasses Duration: 9' Year: 2015 Sound

    Afternoon Tide
  • 2015
    Floral

    Floral

    Floral

    02015HD

    Experimental short silent film (black & white).

    Floral
  • 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
  • 2020
    Spiky

    Spiky

    Spiky

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Spiky