Ken Jacobs Movies

  • 2008
    Return to the Scene of the Crime

    Return to the Scene of the Crime

    Return to the Scene of the Crime

    02008HD

    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...

    Return to the Scene of the Crime
  • 2009
    The Day Was a Scorcher

    The Day Was a Scorcher

    The Day Was a Scorcher

    02009HD

    A 3-D vacation album, The Day Was a Scorcher pictures what Jacobs describes as "movie-star Flo, Nisi the thoughtful young girl, and Aza old enough to...

    The Day Was a Scorcher
  • 2008
    Anaglyph Tom (Tom with Puffy Cheeks)

    Anaglyph Tom (Tom with Puffy Cheeks)

    Anaglyph Tom (Tom with Puffy Cheeks)

    5.52008HD

    Here Jacobs revisits the original 1905 source material of his celebrated 1969 structuralist film, Tom Tom the Piper's Son. In his earlier film, a...

    Anaglyph Tom (Tom with Puffy Cheeks)
  • 2003
    Keeping an Eye on Stan

    Keeping an Eye on Stan

    Keeping an Eye on Stan

    02003HD

    The late, legendary experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage is the subject of this video portrait by his friends Ken Jacobs and Nisi Jacobs.The video...

    Keeping an Eye on Stan
  • 2016
    Ken Jacobs / Tom Chiu of Flux Quartet @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival

    Ken Jacobs / Tom Chiu of Flux Quartet @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival

    Ken Jacobs / Tom Chiu of Flux Quartet @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival

    02016HD

    "Abstract Expressionist Cinema"

    Ken Jacobs / Tom Chiu of Flux Quartet @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival
  • 2023
    Tourists of the Familiar 1

    Tourists of the Familiar 1

    Tourists of the Familiar 1

    02023HD

    Part of a series of Eternalisms

    Tourists of the Familiar 1
  • 1969
    Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

    Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

    Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

    6.21969HD

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

    Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
  • 1965
    Naomi Is A Dream of Loveliness

    Naomi Is A Dream of Loveliness

    Naomi Is A Dream of Loveliness

    01965HD

    Film portrait of Naomi Levine by Ken Jacobs

    Naomi Is A Dream of Loveliness
  • 2023
    Tourists of the Familiar 5

    Tourists of the Familiar 5

    Tourists of the Familiar 5

    02023HD

    Part of a series of Eternalisms

    Tourists of the Familiar 5
  • 1977
    Book of Splendors, Part Two, Book of Levers: Action at a Distance

    Book of Splendors, Part Two, Book of Levers: Action at a Distance

    Book of Splendors, Part Two, Book of Levers: Action at a Distance

    01977HD

    Foreman’s longtime friend Ken Jacobs situated himself in the audience of the legendary Ontological-Hysteric theater space at 491 Broadway to...

    Book of Splendors, Part Two, Book of Levers: Action at a Distance
  • 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

    02005HD

    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
  • 1963
    Little Stabs at Happiness

    Little Stabs at Happiness

    Little Stabs at Happiness

    5.81963HD

    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...

    Little Stabs at Happiness
  • 2023
    Tourists of the Familiar 10

    Tourists of the Familiar 10

    Tourists of the Familiar 10

    02023HD

    Part of a series of Eternalisms

    Tourists of the Familiar 10
  • 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
  • 1977
    The Doctor's Dream

    The Doctor's Dream

    The Doctor's Dream

    01977HD

    "The editing procedure was to count the number of shots and start the film off with the numerically middle shot and then, after that, the shot that...

    The Doctor's Dream
  • 1967
    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

    01967HD

    "The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my...

    Bill's Hat
  • 2023
    Tourists of the Familiar 15

    Tourists of the Familiar 15

    Tourists of the Familiar 15

    02023HD

    Part of a series of Eternalisms

    Tourists of the Familiar 15
  • 2002
    Circling Zero: Part One, We See Absence

    Circling Zero: Part One, We See Absence

    Circling Zero: Part One, We See Absence

    92002HD

    Our daughter Nisi and son Aza happened to both be staying at our loft on Chambers Street when fundamentalist Islam struck. A friend observing the...

    Circling Zero: Part One, We See Absence
  • 2013
    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #4

    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #4

    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #4

    02013HD

    "Joys…began on the corner of Broadway and Spring but it was the next night waiting on Bleecker that it was understood a movie of sorts was...

    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #4
  • 1973
    Horizons

    Horizons

    Horizons

    8.51973HD

    Working with Virgil’s four-part poem “Georgics” and Antonio Vivaldi’s concertos “The Four Seasons” as models,...

    Horizons