Jon Jost Movies

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

Set in the quasi-Biblical splendor of the Mormon Dixie of central Utah, Sure Fire follows the trajectory of an American archetype, the small town...

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...

The Portuguese Revolution (1974-75) seen through the eyes of some of the most important photographers and filmmakers that witnessed the event. Their...

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

A short film by Jon Jost

A short film by Jon Jost

A short film by Jon Jost

A selection from one week's Sheriff's Dept. mug shots, 2012, in Joplin, Missouri. Sequence from the film They had It Coming.

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

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,...

One day, father makes a shocking decision in a family gathering. The family disagrees with it and against him in the very beginning. However, they...

Placed in a small seaside area north of Rome, of late popular with the intelligentsia and artists, La Lunga Ombra provides a portrait of 3...

A short film by Jon Jost

A short film by Jon Jost

A Coney Island of the Mind

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

Three performances by portuguese dancer and choreographer Vera Mantero.

A short film by Jon Jost

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...