Ken Jacobs Movies

  • 2005
    Krypton Is Doomed

    Krypton Is Doomed

    Krypton Is Doomed

    02005HD

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

    Krypton Is Doomed
  • 2017
    Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl

    Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl

    Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl

    02017HD

    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...

    Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl
  • 1994
    Bitemporal Vision: The Sea

    Bitemporal Vision: The Sea

    Bitemporal Vision: The Sea

    01994HD

    'Blinking' 2D rendition of one of Ken Jacobs' Nervous System performances first presented in 1994.

    Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
  • 2006
    Two Wrenching Departures

    Two Wrenching Departures

    Two Wrenching Departures

    52006HD

    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...

    Two Wrenching Departures
  • 2013
    The Eternal Courtship

    The Eternal Courtship

    The Eternal Courtship

    02013HD

    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...

    The Eternal Courtship
  • 2013
    A Primer in Sky Socialism

    A Primer in Sky Socialism

    A Primer in Sky Socialism

    02013HD

    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...

    A Primer in Sky Socialism
  • 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 Festival

    Ken Jacobs / Ghosts Of The Holy Ghost Spermic Brotherhood @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival

    02016HD

    "Abstract Expressionist Cinema"

    Ken Jacobs / Ghosts Of The Holy Ghost Spermic Brotherhood @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival
  • 2018
    The Moments: Evening Boat Ride

    The Moments: Evening Boat Ride

    The Moments: Evening Boat Ride

    02018HD

    3D Eternalism film by Ken Jacobs

    The Moments: Evening Boat Ride
  • 2015
    Granular

    Granular

    Granular

    02015HD

    Experimental short film. Silent.

    Granular
  • 1969
    Nissan Ariana Window

    Nissan Ariana Window

    Nissan Ariana Window

    01969HD

    "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...

    Nissan Ariana Window
  • 1996
    Disorient Express

    Disorient Express

    Disorient Express

    01996HD

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

    Disorient Express
  • 2009
    Bob Fleischner Dying

    Bob Fleischner Dying

    Bob Fleischner Dying

    02009HD

    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...

    Bob Fleischner Dying
  • 2020
    Bandit

    Bandit

    Bandit

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Bandit
  • 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
  • 2013
    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #2

    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #2

    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #2

    02013HD

    "2013. USA. Directed by Ken Jacobs. With technical assistance by Nisi Jacobs. Part two of four. “Joys…began on the corner of Broadway...

    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #2
  • 2023
    Hobgoblin Ball

    Hobgoblin Ball

    Hobgoblin Ball

    02023HD

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

    Hobgoblin Ball
  • 1986
    The Alps and The Jews

    The Alps and The Jews

    The Alps and The Jews

    01986HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1962
    Baud'larian Capers

    Baud'larian Capers

    Baud'larian Capers

    01962HD

    A mostly silent (except for one 78 instrumental record played in the background of one sequence) experimental film centering around a stylized...

    Baud'larian Capers
  • 2020
    Neon Sign

    Neon Sign

    Neon Sign

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Neon Sign