Ken Jacobs Movies

A strobing deconstruction of Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight.

An Eternalism film.

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

Blankets for Indians blends a stereoscopic study of water spurting from New York’s City Hall fountain with an intimately detailed portrait of...

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

"Influenced by avant-garde artist-refugees from Europe, non-representational art dominated the art market after WW2 [...] Viewers offered open minds,...

An Eternalism film.

Spasm (2023, 13:41, digital)

This short film documents the daily life of the goings-on on Orchard Street, a commercial street in the Lower East Side New York City.

An Eternalism film.

Originally presented as an installation in the exhibition Evolution 2007 at Lumen in Leeds, GIFT OF FIRE devotes fetishistic attention to what is...

Directed by Ken Jacobs, 1985. In Jacobs' own words: "I wish more stuff was available in its raw state, as primary source material for anyone to...

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

Polaroid 3D short film by Ken Jacobs.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.

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

This is how the film begins, duck-on-a-leash to Little Bo Peep to the revealing of the too-busy full stage-set. Each gets their close-up and the many...