Jeff Keen Movies

  • 1965
    Missing Close-ups

    Missing Close-ups

    Missing Close-ups

    91965HD

    Jeff Keen thought that some of his previous films had been dominated by long-shots. In this film he grapples with the language of cinema, not as a...

    Missing Close-ups
  • 1989
    Spontaneous Combustion

    Spontaneous Combustion

    Spontaneous Combustion

    91989HD

    This relatively unknown Jeff Keen film presents an insistent series of exquisitely composed action and animation sequences and must be one of the...

    Spontaneous Combustion
  • 1990
    Plasticator

    Plasticator

    Plasticator

    81990HD

    Treating apocalyptic and aggressive imagery with silence and slow washes of colour, Jeff Keen exhibits and works against his usual tropes.

    Plasticator
  • 1967
    Cineblatz

    Cineblatz

    Cineblatz

    91967HD

    In Cineblatz, the viewer is subjected to a high-impact barrage of evolving images, at once comic and terrifying. Glossy magazines are cut up and...

    Cineblatz
  • 1995
    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3

    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3

    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3

    8.21995HD

    Footage of the first Iraq War is jarringly intercut with shots of the artist painting at the local tip and at home. Drawing upon pivotal moments in...

    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3
  • 1990
    Artwar Loop 2

    Artwar Loop 2

    Artwar Loop 2

    91990HD

    The Artwar loops were made for non-cinematic exhibition and go from harsh film surface noise to colour bars and other video effects filmed from the...

    Artwar Loop 2
  • 1960
    Wail

    Wail

    Wail

    91960HD

    Experimental short featuring motorbikes and animation. This is the second version of Jeff Keen's first film; that film became too worn.

    Wail
  • 1962
    Breakout

    Breakout

    Breakout

    8.51962HD

    Breakout is an unfinished film and, unusually for Keen, contains a loose narrative. It presents the story of a young man hounded by a large pink...

    Breakout
  • 1965
    Instant Cinema

    Instant Cinema

    Instant Cinema

    9.31965HD

    This early quick-fire cut-up animation melds machine gunfire with scratched film. The soundtrack was made by Keen in 2007 with a wasp synthesizer and...

    Instant Cinema
  • 1972
    Stolen Moments

    Stolen Moments

    Stolen Moments

    81972HD

    One of Jeff Keen's diary films. Keen made many diary films with his daughter, wife and friends in the late 60s and 70s. These were edited in camera...

    Stolen Moments
  • 1968
    Meatdaze

    Meatdaze

    Meatdaze

    91968HD

    Made to represent an entire cinema programme, Meatdaze consists of six sections that include cartoons, supporting and main features.

    Meatdaze
  • 1972
    White Dust

    White Dust

    White Dust

    101972HD

    Named after the horror film White Zombie and the rom-com Red Dust (both 1932), White Dust follows the friends and family of Keen while they explore...

    White Dust
  • 1990
    Artwar Loop 1

    Artwar Loop 1

    Artwar Loop 1

    91990HD

    The Artwar loops were made for non-cinematic exhibition and go from harsh film surface noise to colour bars and other video effects filmed from the...

    Artwar Loop 1