Jon Jost Movies

Colombus Park, Chinatown. NYC

A short film by Jon Jost

By Jimmy Rodgers

A short film by Jon Jost

Mountain landscapes enveloped in foggy fields that slowly merge into one another. Sometimes the fog clears and details become visible. Sometimes the...

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

Speaking Directly is an essay-film making for a kind of State of the Nation address, from the perspective of someone other than the President of the...

A short film by Jon Jost

Travel video by Jon Jost

A short film by Jon Jost

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

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.

A short film by Jon Jost

From Jon Jost's Site: "Canyon is in effect a re-make of a film I shot in 1970 in 16mm, which ran 5 minutes. It was a look down into the Canyon for a...

Plain Talk is a complex essay-film, a follow-up a decade and some years later to Speaking Directly, and so another State of the Nation discourse,...

Reel 18 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

A short film by Jon Jost

NY Public Library