Little Stabs At Happiness
16mm, color, sound, 15 min
Featuring Jack Smith. Material was cut in as it came out of the camera, embarrassing moments intact. 100' rolls timed well with music on old 78s. I was interested in immediacy, a sense of ease, and an ...
Rental format: 16mm
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Featuring Jack Smith. Material was cut in as it came out of the camera, embarrassing moments intact. 100' rolls timed well with music on old 78s. 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.
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ExperimentalWhirled, The (aka Four Shorts of Jack Smith)
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ExperimentalNissan Ariana Window
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ExperimentalTom, Tom, The Piper's Son
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ExperimentalGlobe
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ExperimentalUrban Peasants
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ExperimentalThe Doctor's Dream
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ExperimentalThe Winter Footage
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DocumentaryExperimentalPerfect Film
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ExperimentalJerry Takes a Back Seat, Then Passes Out of the Picture
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ExperimentalChronometer
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ExperimentalKeaton's Cop
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Opening The Nineteenth Century: 1896
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ExperimentalDisorient Express
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ExperimentalMake Light On Film (with Pulfrich filters)
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New York Street Trolley
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ExperimentalA Tom Tom Chaser
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ExperimentalStar Spangled To Death
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Mountaineer Spinning
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Nervous Magic Lantern: Spiral Nebula
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Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye, Molly
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Insistent Clamor
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ExperimentalKrypton Is Doomed
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ExperimentalLet There Be Whistleblowers
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ExperimentalPushcarts Of Eternity Street
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ExperimentalCapitalism: Slavery
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Two Wrenching Departures
Ken Jacobsblack and white, sound, 90 min - Read More
ExperimentalKen Jacobs DVD Box Set: RAZZLE DAZZLE: THE LOST WORLD, RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME, and ANAGLYPH TOM (TOM WITH PUFFY CHEEKS)
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ExperimentalCapitalism: Child Labor
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ExperimentalKen Jacobs's Blu-Ray Compilation #1
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ExperimentalThe Surging Sea of Humanity
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ExperimentalAmorous Interludes
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ExperimentalReturn to the Scene of the Crime
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ExperimentalANAGLYPH TOM (Tom With Puffy Cheeks)
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ExperimentalThe Scenic Route
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Razzle Dazzle the Lost World
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DocumentaryExperimentalThe Day Was a Scorcher
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ExperimentalHot Dogs at the Met
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ExperimentalJonas Mekas In Kodachrome Days
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ExperimentalWalkway
Ken Jacobscolor, sound, 8.2 minRental format: mini DV NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalThe Pushcarts Leave Eternity Street
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ExperimentalSeeking the Monkey King
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ExperimentalAnother Occupation
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