Ken Jacobs Movies
- 2005

Krypton Is Doomed
Krypton Is Doomed02005HD
This work is derived from one of Jacobs' Nervous Magic Lantern performances, which are created with a hand-manipulated projector and use neither film...
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- 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...
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- 1994

Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
Bitemporal Vision: The Sea01994HD
'Blinking' 2D rendition of one of Ken Jacobs' Nervous System performances first presented in 1994.
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- 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...
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- 2013

The Eternal Courtship
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In celebration of his 80th birthday, here is: THE ETERNAL COURTSHIP (an ipad short) For Ken and Flo Jacobs, with love and affection from all of us...
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- 2013

A Primer in Sky Socialism
A Primer in Sky Socialism02013HD
Each new year Flo and I join the young and many-languaged crowd walking to the top of Brooklyn Bridge ostensibly for the fireworks. Fact is the...
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- 2016

Ken Jacobs / Ghosts Of The Holy Ghost Spermic Brotherhood @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival
Ken Jacobs / Ghosts Of The Holy Ghost Spermic Brotherhood @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival02016HD
"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"
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- 2018

The Moments: Evening Boat Ride
The Moments: Evening Boat Ride02018HD
3D Eternalism film by Ken Jacobs
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- 2015

Granular
Granular02015HD
Experimental short film. Silent.
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- 1969

Nissan Ariana Window
Nissan Ariana Window01969HD
"NISSAN ARIANA WINDOW is 3/4's of our daughter's name. She was just kid when these pictures were taken. Some were taken before she was born: pregnant...
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- 1996

Disorient Express
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1906 - Original cinematographer unknown. 1996 - New arrangement by Ken Jacobs. Shots shown as found in "A Trip Down Mount Tamalpais", the Paper Print...
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- 2009

Bob Fleischner Dying
Bob Fleischner Dying02009HD
Ken Jacobs describes Bob Fleischner Dying: "Bob allows his sick and fading image to be caught in stereo photography. A man of mystery, so banal in...
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- 2020

Bandit
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An Eternalism film.
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- 2023

Tourists of the Familiar 15
Tourists of the Familiar 1502023HD
Part of a series of Eternalisms
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- 2013

Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #2
Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #202013HD
"2013. USA. Directed by Ken Jacobs. With technical assistance by Nisi Jacobs. Part two of four. “Joys…began on the corner of Broadway...
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- 2023

Hobgoblin Ball
Hobgoblin Ball02023HD
"One that creates a macabre dance by animating his own drawings." - Steve Anker
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- 1986

The Alps and The Jews
The Alps and The Jews01986HD
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,...
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- 2007

Popeye Sees 3-D, TOO
Popeye Sees 3-D, TOO02007HD
A film in the Popeye Series by Ken Jacobs
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- 1962

Baud'larian Capers
Baud'larian Capers01962HD
A mostly silent (except for one 78 instrumental record played in the background of one sequence) experimental film centering around a stylized...
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- 2020

Neon Sign
Neon Sign02020HD
An Eternalism film.
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