Jon Jost Movies

This film is a portrait of the passage of one year in the lives of some San Francisco friends, circa 1988 (before the dot.coming of the city), a slow...

Empire Prairie, where Lonnie Enright grew up. He's headed home now, to see his ailing father and little brother. Bad things are coming.

A short film by Jon Jost

Caveh gets stoned. Jon Jost doesn't.

A detective fiction mixed with an essay-documentary about Los Angeles, Hollywood and the film industry, Angel City is a satiric comedy with serious...

Santa Croce Camerina

A man who is dissatisfied with his family life leaves home for weeks at a time, drifting from town to town.

An essay-film on language and theater, on human communication - intellectual in content, but purely poetic in terms of form: image, sound, language,...

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

A short film by Jon Jost

A short film by Jon Jost

A short film by Jon Jost

The war in Mali is seen through a kaleidoscope that gives the whole thing an unexpected beauty and fascination. An anti-war film. A sung requiem...

A short film by Jon Jost

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

Newport, Oregon. In a coastal town, Jeff and his wife Mattie work together facing the economic shifts. One son Chris, is unemployed; the other,...

A video of Samson and Philistines from Gianbologna

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...

A short film by Jon Jost

Coming out of an accident with amnesia, Sophie Bauer tries to reshape herself in the eyes of those who knew her best.