Ken Jacobs Movies

2005
Le Prince: Leeds Bridge 1888
Le Prince: Leeds Bridge 1888
02005HD
Writes Ken Jacobs: "Louis-Aimé-Augustin Le Prince was the first person to create, in 1885, a single recording apparatus that photographed...
1964
We Stole Away
We Stole Away
01964HD
An unfinished 8mm film from 1964
1964
Artie and Marty Rosenblatt’s Baby Pictures
Artie and Marty Rosenblatt’s Baby Pictures
01964HD
Existing home movie titled and placed into distribution by Jacobs without intervention.
1963
TV Plug
TV Plug
01963HD
Short film by Ken Jacobs later included in his compilation The Whirled.
1990
Chronometer
Chronometer
01990HD
Music composition by Harrison Birtwistle, 1971 tape realized by Peter Zinovieff. Nervous Magic Lantern performance by Ken jacobs, 1990.
1999
New York Street-Trollys 1900
New York Street-Trollys 1900
01999HD
In this unique document, Jacobs demonstrates one of his live, multi-projection "Nervous System" film performances in real time. (The Nervous System...
2005
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...
1962
Baud'larian Capers
Baud'larian Capers
01962HD
A musical with Nazis and Jews.
1991
Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896
Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896
01991HD
Found Footage avantgarde film.
1976
Spaghetti Aza
Spaghetti Aza
01976HD
Silent film by Ken Jacobs featuring his son asleep at the table then being put to bed.
2002
A Tom Tom Chaser
A Tom Tom Chaser
02002HD
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...