Ken Jacobs Movies
- 2020

Whirlpool
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An Eternalism film.
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- 2020

Clouds and Trees
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An Eternalism film.
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- 2010

Lavender
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A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.
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- 2019

THE WHOLE SHEBANG
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Black and white evokes nostalgia for The Great Depression. Things were so cheap, including lives. We see daredevils (desperate people) compete for...
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- 2020

Duck
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An Eternalism film.
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- 1991

Keaton's Cops
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Avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs presents Buster Keaton's short silent comedy Cops (1922) as his own work by blacking-out approximately the top...
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- 2020

Bargains
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An Eternalism film.
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- 1976

Spaghetti Aza
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Silent film by Ken Jacobs featuring his son asleep at the table then being put to bed.
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- 1991

Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896
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Found Footage avantgarde film.
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- 2020

Broadway Buildings III
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An Eternalism film.
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- 2020

DeKooning Passed
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An Eternalism film.
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- 2019

Chaos Is Order Misunderstood
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The Nervous Magic Lantern is a projection device I came up with in the year 2000. With assistance from wife Flo (Florence) we have been performing...
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- 2021

Abstract Eternalism
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Premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on August 5, 2021.
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- 2019

Failure
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"fails to distinguish art from history." An eternalism film by Ken Jacobs.
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- 1963

Scotch Tape
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Shot in 1959, Scotch Tape is Jack Smith's first film -- a joyous, three-minute romp, in color, using Peter Duchin's rhumba "Carinhoso" for its...
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- 2016

Ken Jacobs / JG Thirlwell @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival
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"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"
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- 2020

Barber
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An Eternalism film.
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- 2008

The Scenic Route
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"One of the nice things about movies was you could keep them at a distance. Movies knew their place. We were dimensional, they were flat, so it was...
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- 2020

Chinese New Years
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An Eternalism film.
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- 2023

Book of Eternalisms 7
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Ken Jacobs' seventh Book of Eternalisms.
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