Ken Jacobs Movies

  • 1956
    Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice

    Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice

    Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice

    01956HD

    Short film with Jack Smith as the mysterious leader of an even-more-mysterious cult, garbed in pseudo-papal regalia and adorned with jewelry and...

    Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice
  • 1963
    The Death of P'town

    The Death of P'town

    The Death of P'town

    01963HD

    Shot in Provincetown in the summer of '61 with the goal of funding a larger project, the film was never completed due to a violent argument between...

    The Death of P'town
  • 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
  • 1986
    The Alps and The Jews

    The Alps and The Jews

    The Alps and The Jews

    01986HD

    An unfinished 3D film using the Pulfrich filter. "We travel by train through the mountains of central and northern Italy, 3-D country; the Alps,...

    The Alps and The Jews
  • 2009
    Berkeley To San Francisco

    Berkeley To San Francisco

    Berkeley To San Francisco

    02009HD

    Freeview 3D film by Ken Jacobs

    Berkeley To San Francisco
  • 1964
    The Winter Footage

    The Winter Footage

    The Winter Footage

    01964HD

    A film by Ken Jacobs made in 8mm

    The Winter Footage
  • 1965
    Lisa and Joey in Connecticut

    Lisa and Joey in Connecticut

    Lisa and Joey in Connecticut

    01965HD

    "You've come back" "You're still here"

    Lisa and Joey in Connecticut
  • 2009
    Excerpt From THE SKY SOCIALIST Stratified

    Excerpt From THE SKY SOCIALIST Stratified

    Excerpt From THE SKY SOCIALIST Stratified

    02009HD

    Digitally remixed elements from Ken Jacobs' 1960s film The Sky Socialist

    Excerpt From THE SKY SOCIALIST Stratified
  • 2010
    The Near-Collision

    The Near-Collision

    The Near-Collision

    02010HD

    3D film by Ken Jacobs

    The Near-Collision
  • 2005
    Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise

    Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise

    Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise

    5.92005HD

    A story told by director Ken Jacobs but without conventional storyline. Using a modified magic lantern, an early type of image projector developed in...

    Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise
  • 2009
    What Happened on 23rd Street in 1901

    What Happened on 23rd Street in 1901

    What Happened on 23rd Street in 1901

    02009HD

    Ken Jacobs applies three-dimensional digital animation to a century-old film by Edwin S. Porter.

    What Happened on 23rd Street in 1901
  • 2006
    Pushcarts of Eternity Street

    Pushcarts of Eternity Street

    Pushcarts of Eternity Street

    02006HD

    Eternalism 3-D film by Ken Jacobs

    Pushcarts of Eternity Street
  • 2011
    Seeking the Monkey King

    Seeking the Monkey King

    Seeking the Monkey King

    4.82011HD

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

    Seeking the Monkey King
  • 2021
    A Small Misunderstanding

    A Small Misunderstanding

    A Small Misunderstanding

    02021HD

    2021, 6:23, digital. Part of the Nervous Magic Lantern films.

    A Small Misunderstanding
  • 2020
    Movie That Invites Pausing

    Movie That Invites Pausing

    Movie That Invites Pausing

    02020HD

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

    Movie That Invites Pausing
  • 2020
    Halley’s Comet

    Halley’s Comet

    Halley’s Comet

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Halley’s Comet
  • 2011
    The Green Wave

    The Green Wave

    The Green Wave

    02011HD

    A stereograph of an ocean wave breaking is suspended in time as it reshapes in time and in depth. 3-D for both two eyed and single-eyed viewers.

    The Green Wave
  • 2020
    Foliage in Moving Car Window

    Foliage in Moving Car Window

    Foliage in Moving Car Window

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Foliage in Moving Car Window
  • 1968
    Huge Pupils

    Huge Pupils

    Huge Pupils

    01968HD

    In 1968, Noren finished Huge Pupils, a gorgeous, sensuous, sexually outrageous visual study of his daily life, and part I of an ongoing series he...

    Huge Pupils
  • 2020
    Rubble

    Rubble

    Rubble

    02020HD

    An Eternalism film.

    Rubble