Jon Jost Movies

A scathing portrait of the Hollywood/LA arts milieu of the late 70’s, Chameleon follows the amorphous day of its lead character, an...

A short film by Jon Jost

A short film by Jon Jost

A short film by Jon Jost from video imagery by Søren Solkær

A short film by Jon Jost

A short film by Jon Jost

A portrait of alienation is sketched out, focusing on a young art student who passively, but consciously, rejects responsibility for the political...

Jon Jost: MURI ROMANI II is a "slow film" showing the walls of the center of Rome in a manner which is both beautiful and mysterious, and hopefully...

Impressions from the American Independence Day celebrations in Butte, Montana: evening mood, American flag on the veranda, barbecue, firecrackers,...

Bowman Lake is a single image film of Bowman Lake, sunrise to sunset.

A short film by Jon Jost

An essay film/documentary perusing matters of art, society, history, and a grab-bag of the author's interests, which also serves as a primer to the...

Travel video by Jon Jost

The aesthetic moves progressively from loose “underground” means using expressionistic camera movement, multiple exposures, droning...

“A silent perusal of the Grand Canyon, morning to night, from a single, fixed camera position, by means of constant dissolves spaced a few...

A short film by Jon Jost

Taking inspiration from the collaborative 1967 militant anthology film Far from Vietnam, five of the boldest and most prominent American militant...

A short film by Jon Jost

A short film by Jon Jost

A Coney Island of the Mind