On the Eve of Their Momma's Man Opening, Jacobs Father and Son Talk Shop and Family »
Posted By shead 2 months, 1 week ago in Arts & EntertainmentBy most measures, the films of Azazel Jacobs, screening this week at BAM, are on the offbeat end of the cinema spectrum. From his award-winning short Kirk and Kerry to the melancholic cult feature The GoodTimesKid to his latest, Momma's Man , Jacobs's movies focus on dysfunctional people in a style that is as minimalist and mannered as it is sympathetic and sensitive. ( Momma's Man , which opens in New York on August 22, is a wry, touching story of regression about a new dad who can't leave his parents' Chambers Street loft.) But compared to the work of his father, experimental-film maven Ken Jacobs, responsible for such American avant-garde landmarks as Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son and Star Spangled to Death , the 35-year-old Jacobs admits: "I'm the traditional one."
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