Ken Jacobs Filmes

  • 2002
    The Sky Socialist: Flight

    The Sky Socialist: Flight

    The Sky Socialist: Flight

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    Ken Jacobs short film eventually incorporated into The Sky Socialist.

    The Sky Socialist: Flight
  • 2005
    Incendiary Cinema

    Incendiary Cinema

    Incendiary Cinema

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    "The image on the screen flickers unsteadily; the rhythm is unsettling: black/white, black/white, white/black. The film cuts abruptly to a...

    Incendiary Cinema
  • 1964
    1st Window

    1st Window

    1st Window

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    Jacobs's 1st Window is a dazzling balletic breaking-up of the cinematic frame.

    1st Window
  • 2005
    Le Prince: Leeds Bridge 1888

    Le Prince: Leeds Bridge 1888

    Le Prince: Leeds Bridge 1888

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    Writes Ken Jacobs: "Louis-Aimé-Augustin Le Prince was the first person to create, in 1885, a single recording apparatus that photographed...

    Le Prince: Leeds Bridge 1888
  • 2005
    Insistent Clamor

    Insistent Clamor

    Insistent Clamor

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    This work is derived from one of Jacobs' Nervous Magic Lantern performances, which are created with a hand-manipulated projector and use neither film...

    Insistent Clamor
  • 1986
    The Alps and The Jews

    The Alps and The Jews

    The Alps and The Jews

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    An unfinished 3D film using the Pulfrich filter. "We travel by train through the mountains of central and northern Italy, 3-D country; the Alps,...

    The Alps and The Jews
  • 1965
    Naomi Is A Dream of Loveliness

    Naomi Is A Dream of Loveliness

    Naomi Is A Dream of Loveliness

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    Film portrait of Naomi Levine by Ken Jacobs

    Naomi Is A Dream of Loveliness
  • 1970
    Binghamton, My India

    Binghamton, My India

    Binghamton, My India

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    “The film said something necessary at the time: the numinous is everywhere, even upstate Rust Belt Binghamton. The light was perfect, students...

    Binghamton, My India
  • 1964
    Winter Sky

    Winter Sky

    Winter Sky

    01964HD

    An 8mm film by Ken Jacobs made after his 16mm camera was stolen

    Winter Sky
  • 1964
    We Stole Away

    We Stole Away

    We Stole Away

    01964HD

    An unfinished 8mm film from 1964

    We Stole Away
  • 1964
    Artie and Marty Rosenblatt’s Baby Pictures

    Artie and Marty Rosenblatt’s Baby Pictures

    Artie and Marty Rosenblatt’s Baby Pictures

    01964HD

    Existing home movie titled and placed into distribution by Jacobs without intervention.

    Artie and Marty Rosenblatt’s Baby Pictures
  • 1963
    TV Plug

    TV Plug

    TV Plug

    01963HD

    Short film by Ken Jacobs later included in his compilation The Whirled.

    TV Plug
  • 1990
    Chronometer

    Chronometer

    Chronometer

    01990HD

    Music composition by Harrison Birtwistle, 1971 tape realized by Peter Zinovieff. Nervous Magic Lantern performance by Ken jacobs, 1990.

    Chronometer
  • 1999
    New York Street-Trollys 1900

    New York Street-Trollys 1900

    New York Street-Trollys 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...

    New York Street-Trollys 1900
  • 1995
    Looting For Rodney

    Looting For Rodney

    Looting For Rodney

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    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
  • 2005
    Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly

    Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly

    Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly

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    Ken Jacobs, the erstwhile master of experimental celluloid filmmaking, fully embraces video technology in this reworking of the 1929 Laurel and Hardy...

    Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly
  • 1962
    Baud'larian Capers

    Baud'larian Capers

    Baud'larian Capers

    01962HD

    A musical with Nazis and Jews.

    Baud'larian Capers
  • 1956
    Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice

    Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice

    Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice

    01956HD

    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...

    Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice
  • 2005
    Spiral Nebula

    Spiral Nebula

    Spiral Nebula

    02005HD

    Abstract avantgarde film.

    Spiral Nebula
  • 1991
    Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896

    Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896

    Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896

    01991HD

    Found Footage avantgarde film.

    Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896