Ken Jacobs • United States • 1963 • Jacobs' poetic riff on the transformation of The Piper's Son.
In Jacob’s words—“Material was cut in as it came out of the camera, embarrassing moments intact. 100' rolls timed well with music on old 78's. I was interested in immediacy, a sense of ease, and an art where suffering was acknowledged but not trivialized with dramatics. Whimsy was our achievement, as well as breaking out of step.” Preserved by Anthology Film Archives.
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Movie That Invites Pausing
Ken Jacobs • United States • 2020 • Per Jacobs, "The heady adventure of engagement with ambiguity."
Ken Jacobs continues to push the boundaries of the art form, as evidenced by the hypnotically abstract Movie that Invites Pausing.
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Orchard Street
Ken Jacobs • United States • 1955
Ken Jacobs’s early films use New York City as a poetic landscape, as evidenced in Orchard Street.
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Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World
Ken Jacobs • United States • 2007 • Not featured on Kino Lorber's Blu-ray set.
In Jacobs’s words—“Razzle Dazzle is an early Edison shot cut off at its head and tail and along its four sides from the continuity of events like any camera-shot from a bygone day; no, like any camera-shot, immediatel...
