Ken Jacobs Movies
- 2016
BMT Canal Street
BMT Canal Street02016HD
An eternalism film.
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- 1976
Spaghetti Aza
Spaghetti Aza01976HD
Silent film by Ken Jacobs featuring his son asleep at the table then being put to bed.
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- 2022
Eat the Rich: Aligning Perspectives and Other Challenges to Viewers
Eat the Rich: Aligning Perspectives and Other Challenges to Viewers02022HD
Ken Jacobs short film
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- 2008
Amorous Interludes: His Favorite Wife Improved (or The Virtue Of Bad Reception)
Amorous Interludes: His Favorite Wife Improved (or The Virtue Of Bad Reception)02008HD
An installment of Ken Jacobs series Amorous Interludes
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- 2020
Clouds and Trees
Clouds and Trees02020HD
An Eternalism film.
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- 1964
Artie and Marty Rosenblatt’s Baby Pictures
Artie and Marty Rosenblatt’s Baby Pictures01964HD
Existing home movie titled and placed into distribution by Jacobs without intervention.
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- 2008
Return to the Scene of the Crime
Return to the Scene of the Crime02008HD
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...
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- 2015
The Lackadaisical Speed of Light
The Lackadaisical Speed of Light02015HD
"Hidden in a movie shot is an infinity of monsters. Pause and they show themselves (at their worst in 3D)." - Ken Jacobs
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- 2005
Le Prince: Leeds Bridge 1888
Le Prince: Leeds Bridge 188802005HD
Writes Ken Jacobs: "Louis-Aimé-Augustin Le Prince was the first person to create, in 1885, a single recording apparatus that photographed...
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- 2010
Fair And White: Parts I, II, III and Extra
Fair And White: Parts I, II, III and Extra02010HD
“‘FAIR AND WHITE’ is the name of a line of beauty parlors in Paris largely catering to an African-French clientele. No-one...
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- 2020
Period Piece
Period Piece02020HD
An Eternalism film.
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- 2022
When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves
When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves02022HD
2022, 12:43, digital. Drawing by Victor Tomofeev, "A Skater's City"
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- 2019
Cartoon
Cartoon02019HD
One of Ken Jacobs' Eternalisms.
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- 2007
Capitalism: Child Labor
Capitalism: Child Labor62007HD
A digital animation of a Victorian stereoscopic photograph of a 19th-century factory floor, crowded with machinery and child workers. Filmmaker Ken...
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- 2023
Tourists of the Familiar 5
Tourists of the Familiar 502023HD
Part of a series of Eternalisms
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- 2026
A Date with Shirley
A Date with Shirley02026HD
Dir. Ken Jacobs. 2025, 48 mins. U.S. Digital. This colorful and cubist record of a Chinatown haircut is the final long-form work by the great...
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- 2023
Tourists of the Familiar 15
Tourists of the Familiar 1502023HD
Part of a series of Eternalisms
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- 2019
Nervous Magic Lantern: 3D for One or Two Naked Eyes
Nervous Magic Lantern: 3D for One or Two Naked Eyes02019HD
Assisted by Nisi Ariana, 24 minutes
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- 2021
Adventures of Cookie Truck
Adventures of Cookie Truck02021HD
Co-made with Nisi Ariana
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- 2009
What Happened on 23rd Street in 1901
What Happened on 23rd Street in 190102009HD
Ken Jacobs applies three-dimensional digital animation to a century-old film by Edwin S. Porter.
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