Magick Lantern Cycle

Mar 8, 2019

2h 49m

★ 8.2

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

Genres

Fantasy

Horror

Music

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Cast

Dreamer / Hecate / The Magick / The Magus

Kenneth Anger

Lucifer / Self

Bobby Beausoleil

Second Sailor

Bill Seltzer

First Sailor

Gordon Gray

Hollywood Star

Yvonne Marquis

Pierrot

André Soubeyran

Harlequin

Claude Revenant

Columbine

Nadine Valence

Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast

Samson De Brier

The Scarlet Woman / Kali

Marjorie Cameron

Aphrodite

Joan Whitney

Isis

Katy Kadell

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7.2

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6.0

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No overview available.

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