Little Stabs at Happiness
Brief Synopsis
This experimental short film contains four separate sequences of avant-garde performances.
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Ken Jacobs
Director
Film Details
Genre
Short
Experimental
Release Date
1963
Technical Specs
Duration
14m
Synopsis
This experimental short film contains four separate sequences of avant-garde performances.
Director
Ken Jacobs
Director
Film Details
Genre
Short
Experimental
Release Date
1963
Technical Specs
Duration
14m
Articles
Little Stabs at Happiness (1960) -
Little Stabs at Happiness (1960): The 1960s turned out to be one of the most fruitful periods for experimental filmmaking, rebranded as "underground" cinema. Jacobs kicked it off with a bang here as he unabashedly flings fetishistic imagery at the viewer including wholly inappropriate use of a doll courtesy of Jack Smith, who would go on to direct one of the most legendary of all underground films, Flaming Creatures (1963).
Little Stabs at Happiness (1960) -
Little Stabs at Happiness (1960): The 1960s turned out to be one of the most fruitful periods for experimental filmmaking, rebranded as "underground" cinema. Jacobs kicked it off with a bang here as he unabashedly flings fetishistic imagery at the viewer including wholly inappropriate use of a doll courtesy of Jack Smith, who would go on to direct one of the most legendary of all underground films, Flaming Creatures (1963).
