Jon Jost Movies

A homage to nature and a plea for a careful approach to it. In one of his early films, Jon Jost shows impressions of a stream in the forest and a...

Three performances by portuguese dancer and choreographer Vera Mantero.

"PRIMARIES is a simple film which merely establishes a definition of 'politics'. Its narrative moves in paragraph blocks, with each sentence...

A bluesy lyrical romance of two ugly-ducklings who meet on the Golden Gate Bridge and after a brief and awkward courtship, live together with the...

I walked around Trondheim, shooting this and that, and at one point I saw these girls walking across a little footbridge. After I got the shot of...

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

A portrait of the London city - including tourist sites and trading markets.

film by Jon Jost

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...

Swimming in Nebraska

A film that Jon Jost dedicated to his daughter Clara, an artistically designed home movie and at the same time a look back at his life, mostly...

Nas Correntes de Luz da Ria Formosa (In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa) is a kind of documentary shot over a period of 3 months in summer of 1997...

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...

A young draft resister finds peace and love in the country, but his solution to the problems of the city may very well be a naive dream.

Travel video by Jon Jost

short Jon Jost film shot on digital video in 2008

short Jon Jost film shot on digital video in 1999

short Jon Jost film shot on digital video in 2001

A wedding in Rome. Jost watches a bride and groom on the street, their swinging white dress, his festive suit, walking together on cobblestones....