Ken Jacobs Movies
- 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...
- 2007
365 Day Project
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This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...
- 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...
- 2011
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film6.72011HD
Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up...
- 2016
Ken Jacobs / Rick Reed & Tara Bhattacharya @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival
Ken Jacobs / Rick Reed & Tara Bhattacharya @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival02016HD
"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"
- 1969
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son61969HD
An experimental feature made by rephotographing the 1905 Biograph short Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son.
- 2023
Tourists of the Familiar 10
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Part of a series of Eternalisms
- 2019
Chaos Is Order Misunderstood
Chaos Is Order Misunderstood02019HD
The Nervous Magic Lantern is a projection device I came up with in the year 2000. With assistance from wife Flo (Florence) we have been performing...
- 1962
Scotch Tape
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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...
- 2006
Two Wrenching Departures
Two Wrenching Departures52006HD
Made in response to the death of his friends Bob Fleischner and Jack Smith, who died within one week of each other in 1989, this feature includes...
- 2007
Nervous Lantern at Kill Your Timid Notion Festival
Nervous Lantern at Kill Your Timid Notion Festival02007HD
This event was part of Arika’s Kill Your Timid Notion festival in 2007 at Dundee Contemporary Arts.
- 2016
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas02016HD
A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french filmmaker Jackie Raynal, originally aired 29 May 2016.
- 1999
Flo Rounds a Corner
Flo Rounds a Corner4.31999HD
A short by Ken Jacobs. Taormina, Sicily; Mt. Etna erupting nearby.
- 2007
New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903
New York Ghetto Fishmarket 190362007HD
First created and presented as a Tzadik New Jewish Culture offering in 1993. First performed live as a Nervous System performance with Catherine...
- 2023
Tourists of the Familiar 15
Tourists of the Familiar 1502023HD
Part of a series of Eternalisms
- 2011
Sleepless Nights Stories
Sleepless Nights Stories5.72011HD
Director Jonas Mekas travels through New York nights, through apartments, studios, backstage rooms, galleries, bars, and clubs. Encountering old...
- 2007
Hanky Panky January 1902
Hanky Panky January 190202007HD
An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs
- 2004
Star Spangled to Death
Star Spangled to Death7.52004HD
An examination of the history of the U.S. through archival footage and contrasting views of society, incorporating audiovisual material ranging from...
- 2023
Tourists of the Familiar 20
Tourists of the Familiar 2002023HD
Part of a series of Eternalisms
- 2023
Tourists of the Familiar 1
Tourists of the Familiar 102023HD
Part of a series of Eternalisms