Ken Jacobs Movies

  • 2008
    Alone at Last

    Alone at Last

    Alone at Last

    02008HD

    An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

    Alone at Last
  • 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
  • 2006
    The Surging Sea of Humanity

    The Surging Sea of Humanity

    The Surging Sea of Humanity

    02006HD

    Stereograph of the crowd at the opening of the US Centennial Exposition of 1893. It turns into a movie. Into an enormous rugged and craggy 3-D...

    The Surging Sea of Humanity
  • 2005
    Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly

    Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly

    Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly

    02005HD

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

    Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly
  • 2007
    Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World

    Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World

    Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World

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    Avant-garde master Ken Jacobs' dizzying digital reinvention of a 1903 Edison "actuality" stretches and bends the one-minute film to an incredible,...

    Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World
  • 2020
    Neon Sign

    Neon Sign

    Neon Sign

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Neon Sign
  • 2009
    Berkeley To San Francisco

    Berkeley To San Francisco

    Berkeley To San Francisco

    02009HD

    Freeview 3D film by Ken Jacobs

    Berkeley To San Francisco
  • 2020
    Storefront

    Storefront

    Storefront

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Storefront
  • 2007
    We Are Charming

    We Are Charming

    We Are Charming

    02007HD

    An Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

    We Are Charming
  • 2020
    Chinese New Years II

    Chinese New Years II

    Chinese New Years II

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Chinese New Years II
  • 2008
    Love Story

    Love Story

    Love Story

    02008HD

    One of Ken Jacobs' Amorous Interludes

    Love Story
  • 2020
    Municipal Building Passage

    Municipal Building Passage

    Municipal Building Passage

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Municipal Building Passage
  • 2010
    A Loft

    A Loft

    A Loft

    02010HD

    Jacobs applies his exacting digital techniques to footage of his New York City working and living space.

    A Loft
  • 2017
    A Spin Through Night City

    A Spin Through Night City

    A Spin Through Night City

    02017HD

    Description by Ken Jacobs: A Spin Through Night City gets many visual elements spinning. Only daughter Nisi working at our computer knows how...

    A Spin Through Night City
  • 2019
    Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party

    Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party

    Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party

    02019HD

    "My last image of Jonas."—Ken Jacobs

    Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party
  • 2017
    Ulysses in the Subway

    Ulysses in the Subway

    Ulysses in the Subway

    02017HD

    A picturing of sound in 3D.

    Ulysses in the Subway
  • 1968
    The Sky Socialist

    The Sky Socialist

    The Sky Socialist

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    Ken Jacobs’s most elusive and mysterious film is at once an allegory of movie-making, a demonstration of 8mm versatility, and a celebration of...

    The Sky Socialist
  • 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)
  • 2023
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    02023HD

    A 2023 Ken Jacobs Eternalism

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • 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