Ken Jacobs Movies

  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    102007HD

    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 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
  • 1970
    Binghamton, My India

    Binghamton, My India

    Binghamton, My India

    01970HD

    “The film said something necessary at the time: the numinous is everywhere, even upstate Rust Belt Binghamton. The light was perfect, students...

    Binghamton, My India
  • 2011
    Turbulent Waters

    Turbulent Waters

    Turbulent Waters

    22011HD

    An experiment in 3D abetted by a Pulfrich filter, originally theorized in the 1920s. Features water cinematography by Phil Solomon.

    Turbulent Waters
  • 2007
    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    6.5562007HD

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

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
  • 2013
    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #1

    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #1

    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #1

    02013HD

    "Waiting, waiting, for a bus to carry us a mile downtown. We often give up and walk. When we commit ourselves to waiting the bus usually appears with...

    Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #1
  • 1968
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

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    Also known as Walden, Jonas Mekas’s first diary film is a six-reel chronicle of his life in 1960s New York, interweaving moments with family,...

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  • 1968
    Soft Rain

    Soft Rain

    Soft Rain

    01968HD

    Three identical prints of a single 100 foot fixed-camera take are shown from beginning to end-roll light-flare, with a few feet of blackness...

    Soft Rain
  • 2003
    Nervous Ken

    Nervous Ken

    Nervous Ken

    02003HD

    In NERVOUS KEN, experimental film legend Ken Jacobs is "interviewed" by my urbane 12-year old M.C., Emma Bernstein. Envisioning an exploration of the...

    Nervous Ken
  • 2015
    Aimless Sightseeing, Seoul

    Aimless Sightseeing, Seoul

    Aimless Sightseeing, Seoul

    02015HD

    A 3D film by Ken Jacobs

    Aimless Sightseeing, Seoul
  • 2020
    DR. TOOTHY

    DR. TOOTHY

    DR. TOOTHY

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    DR. TOOTHY
  • 2023
    From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight

    From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight

    From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight

    02023HD

    A strobing deconstruction of Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight.

    From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight
  • 2020
    Another Day in Days of Yore

    Another Day in Days of Yore

    Another Day in Days of Yore

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Another Day in Days of Yore
  • 1994
    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

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    Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of...

    Jonas in the Desert
  • 2018
    Tree Stump

    Tree Stump

    Tree Stump

    02018HD

    Experimental short film.

    Tree Stump
  • 2011
    Sleepless Nights Stories

    Sleepless Nights Stories

    Sleepless Nights Stories

    5.2862011HD

    Unable to sleep, Jonas Mekas drifts through New York nights, moving between apartments, studios, galleries, bars, and clubs. Along the way he...

    Sleepless Nights Stories
  • 1970
    Spotted Fever

    Spotted Fever

    Spotted Fever

    01970HD

    An eternalism.

    Spotted Fever
  • 1962
    Scotch Tape

    Scotch Tape

    Scotch Tape

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    Shot in 1959, Scotch Tape is Jack Smith's first film -- a joyous, three-minute romp, in color, using Peter Duchin's rhumba "Carinhoso" for its...

    Scotch Tape
  • 1976
    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    71976HD

    Drawn from footage shot between 1949 and 1963, Jonas Mekas’s autobiographical diary film chronicles his early years in exile, capturing the...

    Lost, Lost, Lost
  • 2020
    Clouds and Trees

    Clouds and Trees

    Clouds and Trees

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Clouds and Trees