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Ken Jacobs: New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903

Read "Ken Jacobs: New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903" reviewed by Brad Glanden

by Brad Glanden
May 19, 2007

Ken Jacobs New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903 Tzadik 2007

What elevates New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903 above the amateur work of young hopefuls with movie-editing software is the fact that Ken Jacobs, a septuagenarian staple of American avant-garde cinema, is a master of deconstruction. His Tom Tom the Piper's Son (1969-71) famously subjects a vintage 10-minute silent film to two hours' worth of dissecting and dismantling, only to have the viewer return to the ...

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