Magick Lantern Cycle
2019/03/08 • Released • English
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
Director : Kenneth Anger
Casts
Kenneth Anger
Dreamer / Hecate / The Magick / The Magus
Bobby Beausoleil
Lucifer / Self
Samson De Brier
Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast
Marjorie Cameron
The Scarlet Woman / Kali
Anaïs Nin
Astarte
Curtis Harrington
Cesare / Slave / Sleep-walker
Nelson Leigh
Jesus Christ (archive footage)
Bill Beutel
Deacon
Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
Anton LaVey
Satan
Anita Pallenberg
Self (archive footage)
Keith Richards
Self (archive footage)
Donald Cammell
Osiris
Marianne Faithfull
Lilith
Chris Jagger
High Priest in Yellow Tunic
Jimmy Page
Man with Beard holding Stele of Revealing
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64: Part 2
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Padre
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VITALIS
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Box
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A Dark Place
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Gut Renovation
March 6, 2013
A Log Day of Timbre
February 25, 2011
A Stone in the Water
April 21, 2019
Same Destiny, different size.
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Standing Tall
January 21, 1978
Der Mehlspeis-Adel
September 24, 2004
Se acabaron las mujeres
November 21, 1946
Y tu mamá... también es narca
January 1, 2003
The Right Man: Because I Love You
August 8, 2016
Peas and Cues
July 11, 1930
But Deliver Us from Evil
April 27, 2017
Prehistoric Super Salesman
September 1, 1969