Ken Jacobs Movie Trailers
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Jerry Takes A Back Seat, Then Passes Out Of The Picture Trailer (1975)
01 January 1975
In the backyard with the inimitable Jerry Sims. Shot in 8mm in 1975, edited and transferred to 16mm in 1987.
Art-House America: Austin Film Society Trailer (2023)
01 May 2023
Founded by Richard Linklater in 1985 as a screening series dedicated to bringing experimental and art cinema to the city of Austin, Texas, the Austin Film Society has grown into a cornerstone of the city's creative community - while remaining true to its edgy, eclectic roots.
Lavender Trailer (2010)
01 June 2010
A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.
The Sky Socialist: Flight Trailer (2002)
01 January 2002
Ken Jacobs short film eventually incorporated into The Sky Socialist.
Ken Jacobs / Rick Reed & Tara Bhattacharya @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival Trailer (2016)
23 January 2016
"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"
Afternoon Tide Trailer (2015)
06 August 2015
3D Polaroid *Note: Must be viewed on 3D monitor with polaroid glasses Duration: 9' Year: 2015 Sod
Failure Trailer (2019)
05 December 2019
"fails to distinguish art from history." An eternalism film by Ken Jacobs.
Zazie Learns About Money Trailer (2015)
05 May 2015
Film by Ken Jacobs. Exists as both 2D and 3D Version
Chrysalis Trailer (2015)
24 February 2015
Experimental short film directed by Ken Jacobs with music by diNMachine.
The Pushcarts Leave Eternity Street Trailer (2011)
09 June 2011
Early 20th-century street vendors push their carts loaded with vegetables. It is time for them to go.
Mosco Street 3: Attack of The Perfect Camera (Fuji W3) Trailer (2016)
10 August 2016
Polaroid 3D short film by Ken Jacobs.
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas Trailer (2016)
29 May 2016
A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french filmmaker Jackie Raynal, originally aired 29 May 2016.
Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames That Changed The World Trailer (2007)
01 September 2007
Originally presented as an installation in the exhibition Evolution 2007 at Lumen in Leeds, GIFT OF FIRE devotes fetishistic attention to what is probably the first film in history: Louis-Aimé-Augustin Le Prince’s 1888 footage of traffic crossing Leeds Bridge.
Brook Trailer (2009)
19 September 2009
In this short and beautiful piece, Jacobs creates a flicker effect by editing close-up footage of a stream together with sections of black, producing a sense of constant movement that never progresses.
Bitemporal Vision: The Sea Trailer (1994)
09 September 1994
'Blinking' 2D rendition of one of Ken Jacobs' Nervous System performances first presented in 1994.
I'm Telling You Trailer (2016)
10 January 2016
Features two old men talking on the Lower East Side; one loud mouth, the other bizarrely amiable, in 3D.
Bob Fleischner Dying Trailer (2009)
09 September 2009
Ken Jacobs describes Bob Fleischner Dying: "Bob allows his sick and fading image to be caught in stereo photography.
The Green Wave Trailer (2011)
09 February 2011
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.
Turbulent Waters Trailer (2011)
18 April 2011
An experiment in 3D abetted by a Pulfrich filter, originally theorized in the 1920s. Features water cinematography by Phil Solomon.
Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl Trailer (2017)
23 June 2017
Description by Ken Jacobs: Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl is the fourth in a series of shorts (Popeye Sees 3D; Pappy Sees 3D, Too; Sweepea’s Favorite Eternalisms.
Ken Jacobs / Robert Poss @The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival Trailer (2016)
23 January 2016
"Abstract Expressionist Cinema"
New York Street Trolleys 1900 Trailer (1999)
31 August 1999
In this unique document, Jacobs demonstrates one of his live, multi-projection "Nervous System" film performances in real time.
Little Cobra Dance Trailer (1956)
01 January 1956
Jack Smith descends a fire escape in a makeshift "Arabian" costume and improvises increasingly frenetic choreography.
Fragments of Paradise Trailer (2022)
31 August 2022
For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his diary films.
The Surging Sea of Humanity Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
Stereograph of the crowd at the opening of the US Centennial Exposition of 1893. It turns into a movie.
Home Movies 1971-81 Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film Trailer (2011)
24 July 2011
Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up as part of the experimental film community.
Bill's Hat Trailer (1967)
01 January 1967
"The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my camera.
What Is Cinema? Trailer (2013)
06 September 2013
Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.
Shorts From the Underground Trailer (2002)
08 September 2002
Features interviews with famed underground filmmaker Ken Jacobs and associates, and screens in full two rare Jacobs works: Nissan Ariana Window, and Spaghetti Aza.
Seeking the Monkey King Trailer (2011)
07 October 2011
Suggestion: Please see 'Another Occupation' before 'Seeking the Monkey King'. Contains flicker like many of my works; avoid if you have epilepsy or other unusual brain conditions.
Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days Trailer (2009)
31 December 2009
Using his trademark flicker method, Ken Jacobs pays homage to the oldest type of color film, Kodachrome (whose production was discontinued in 2009) and to Jonas Mekas, who managed to breathe life into Kodachrome.
Keeping an Eye on Stan Trailer (2003)
03 March 2003
The late, legendary experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage is the subject of this video portrait by his friends Ken Jacobs and Nisi Jacobs.
Canopy Trailer (2014)
07 September 2014
Ken Jacobs’ most recent stroboscopic work transforms a typical New York street scaffolding scene into a mesmeric, Christo-esque merry-go-round.
Sleepless Nights Stories Trailer (2011)
15 December 2011
Unable to sleep, Jonas Mekas drifts through New York nights, moving between apartments, studios, galleries, bars, and clubs.
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty Trailer (2000)
05 November 2000
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.
Chaos Is Order Misunderstood Trailer (2019)
12 August 2019
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 with it ever since.
Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #2 Trailer (2013)
01 January 2013
"2013. USA. Directed by Ken Jacobs. With technical assistance by Nisi Jacobs. Part two of four. “Joys…began on the corner of Broadway and Spring but it was the next night waiting on Bleecker that it was understood a movie of sorts was underway, depicting a general waiting for the bus rather than one specific evening.
Book of Eternalisms 1-6 Trailer (2023)
17 March 2023
A multi-part series of Ken Jacobs' Eternalisms.
Another Occupation Trailer (2011)
26 January 2011
A stroboscopic train ride along a jungle stream. Asian military men appear with their pith-helmets, keeping the ferns, trees, monkeys, natives in line.
Spaghetti Aza Trailer (1976)
08 September 1976
Silent film by Ken Jacobs featuring his son asleep at the table then being put to bed.
Looting For Rodney Trailer (1995)
31 August 1995
Ken Jacobs film on Rodney King and the LA Riots utilizing Pulfrich 3-D, in which a single dark filter is placed before one eye.
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero Trailer (2011)
22 December 2011
An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema.
Hot Dogs At The Met Trailer (2009)
09 August 2009
Using the same stereoscopic animation technique of Jacobs' recent works Capitalism: Slavery (2006) and Nymph (2007), which he calls "a vigorous 3-D that can be seen without special spectacles and even by the one-eyed," Hot Dogs at the Met is a computer-generated composition of strobing, stereo snapshots from the 1970s.