Orchard Street
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27m
Leaving March 1
Directed by Ken Jacobs | 27 mins | 1955
Ken Jacobs documents the tradition of eager haggling and bargain hunting that once took place on the Lower East Side commercial thoroughfare of the title. Screening as part of a selection of five experimental shorts from the Brooklyn-born Jacobs, one of the most wildly creative and influential film artists and teachers in the history of the medium. Selected by Harry Kroessler.
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Little Stabs at Happiness
Leaving March 1
Directed by Ken Jacobs | 15 m ins | 1963
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Blonde Cobra
Leaving March 1
Directed by Ken Jacobs | 34 mins | 1963
In Blonde Cobra, dubbed “the masterpiece of Baudelairean cinema” by Jonas Mekas, Jacobs turns his camera on fellow underground icon Jack Smith. Screening as part of a selection of five experimental shorts from the Brooklyn-born Jacobs, one ... -
Window
Leaving March 1
Directed by Ken Jacobs | 12 mins | 1964
Jacobs, always interested in experiments in perception, uses his camera to contemplate the frame of a window and the exterior beyond, as he does conducting a scintillating experiment involving lenses and screens. Screening as part of a sele...
