Optic Antics: The Cinema of Ken Jacobs

Optic Antics has been guided by Arthur's insistence that the book reflect Jacobs's "spirit of raucous contention," rather than tie a neat theoretical bow around the filmmaker. [...] for all its inherent sophistication and rampant erudition it can't help but conjure a folk he...

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Published in:Film Comment 2011, Vol.47 (4), p.79
Main Author: Finnegan, Jesse P
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