Ken Jacobs Movies

  • 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)
  • 2002
    A Tom Tom Chaser

    A Tom Tom Chaser

    A Tom Tom Chaser

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    A Tom Tom Chaser is Jacobs' 2002 poetic riff on the transformation of his classic film Tom Tom the Piper's Son from chemical to electronic form...

    A Tom Tom Chaser
  • 2002
    The Sky Socialist: Flight

    The Sky Socialist: Flight

    The Sky Socialist: Flight

    02002HD

    Ken Jacobs short film eventually incorporated into The Sky Socialist.

    The Sky Socialist: Flight
  • 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
  • 2007
    Nervous Lantern at Kill Your Timid Notion Festival

    Nervous Lantern at Kill Your Timid Notion Festival

    Nervous Lantern at Kill Your Timid Notion Festival

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    This event was part of Arika’s Kill Your Timid Notion festival in 2007 at Dundee Contemporary Arts.

    Nervous Lantern at Kill Your Timid Notion Festival
  • 2020
    Garage Wall

    Garage Wall

    Garage Wall

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Garage Wall
  • 2009
    Gravity Is Tops

    Gravity Is Tops

    Gravity Is Tops

    02009HD

    A stereo-photo of an ocean wave slowly turns and churns. The hidden forces of Cinema conspire with an instant of history to produce actions that...

    Gravity Is Tops
  • 1964
    Winter Sky

    Winter Sky

    Winter Sky

    01964HD

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

    Winter Sky
  • 2015
    Chrysalis

    Chrysalis

    Chrysalis

    02015HD

    Experimental short film directed by Ken Jacobs with music by diNMachine.

    Chrysalis
  • 2020
    Foliage in Moving Car Window

    Foliage in Moving Car Window

    Foliage in Moving Car Window

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Foliage in Moving Car Window
  • 2015
    The Lackadaisical Speed of Light

    The Lackadaisical Speed of Light

    The Lackadaisical Speed of Light

    02015HD

    "Hidden in a movie shot is an infinity of monsters. Pause and they show themselves (at their worst in 3D)." - Ken Jacobs

    The Lackadaisical Speed of Light