Genres
Magick Lantern Cycle
Overview
Cinematic magician, legendary provocateur, and author of Hollywood Babylon, Kenneth Anger was a unique figure in post-war American culture. His iconic short films are characterised by a mystical-symbolic visual language and phantasmagorical-sensual opulence that underscores the medium’s transgressive potential. Anger’s work fundamentally shaped the aesthetics of 1960s and 1970s subcultures, the visual lexicon of pop and music videos and queer iconography. These nine films form the basis of Anger’s reputation as one of the most influential pioneers of avant-garde film and video art. Fireworks, 1947, 14 min Puce Moment, 1949, 6 min Rabbit's Moon, 1950/1971, 16 min Eaux d'Artifice, 1953, 13 min Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, 1954, 37 min Scorpio Rising, 1964, 28 min Kustom Kar Kommandos, 1965, 3 min Invocation of My Demon Brother, 1969, 11 min Lucifer Rising, 1981, 27 min
Key Crew
Director: Kenneth Anger
Writer: Kenneth Anger, Ernest D. Glucksman
Director of Photography: Curtis Harrington, Kenneth Anger, Chris O'Dell
Top Cast
Kenneth Anger
Dreamer / Hecate / The Magick / The Magus
Bobby Beausoleil
Lucifer / Self
Bill Seltzer
Second Sailor
Gordon Gray
First Sailor
Yvonne Marquis
Hollywood Star
André Soubeyran
Pierrot
Claude Revenant
Harlequin
Nadine Valence
Columbine
