Ken Jacobs Movies

A man fondles objects, looks at himself in the mirror, poses in different clothes, smiles and makes faces at the camera while his voice on the...

In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

"I filmed Flo and Ken Jacobs in 2001 when they visited me in my studio (the School of Artistic Photography, Vienna). Our acquaintance, friendship...

This very special film features a carefully curated selection of some of the priceless messages that have graced Anthology’s voicemail system...

An adult decides to escape the pressures of life and return to his old bedroom at his parents' house.

A celebration of Ken Jacobs' work at 80WSE.

A young woman stands by a car while scenes from metropolitan life flash by.

A series of video letters between José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas.

An examination of the history of the U.S. through archival footage and contrasting views of society, incorporating audiovisual material ranging from...

A strobing deconstruction of Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight.

The moving camera shapes the screen image with great purposefulness, using the frame of a window as fulcrum upon which to wheel about the exterior...

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...

A short by Ken Jacobs. Taormina, Sicily; Mt. Etna erupting nearby.

"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...

Using his trademark flicker method, Ken Jacobs pays homage to the oldest type of color film, Kodachrome (whose production was discontinued in 2009)...

Suggestion: Please see 'Another Occupation' before 'Seeking the Monkey King'. Contains flicker like many of my works; avoid if you have epilepsy or...

A story told by director Ken Jacobs but without conventional storyline. Using a modified magic lantern, an early type of image projector developed in...

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

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

Anaglyph 3D film by Ken Jacobs based on a 1974 shadow play performance.