When I was in college Ken Jacobs was one of my professors. At the same time Nicholas Ray was teaching in the film department as well which of course was an unlikely match in such a small department as the one at SUNY Binghamton. In the end I got attracted to glitz that surround Nick and strayed away from the courses taught by Ken which I regret to this day.
But nonetheless I still remember sitting in Ken's classes, which were held in a large lecture hall, watching movies of all different types from the avant-garde films of Jack Smith and Stan Brakhage to hollywood films like Nick Ray's Lusty Men. It was those classes with Ken that created my interest in film and though I strayed off into a rather bumpy career in television I have never forgotten what his insights led me to believe about filmmaking and the world we live in. Last night I watched an interview with Ken Jacobs on Youtube talking about his films and filmmaking and I was reinvigorated. I hope you enjoy it too.
