Magick Lantern Cycle
08/03/2019
3h



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
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


Samson De Brier
Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast


Marjorie Cameron
The Scarlet Woman / Kali
Joan Whitney
Aphrodite
Katy Kadell
Isis
Renate Druks
Lilith


Anaïs Nin
Astarte
Paul Mathison
Pan


Curtis Harrington
Cesare / Slave / Sleep-walker
Peter Loome
Ganymede
Carmilla Salvatorelli
Lady
Ernie Allo
Joker
Frank Carifi
Leo
Johnny Dodds
Kid
Bruce Byron
Scorpio
Steve Crandell
Blondie
Bill Dorfman
Back


Nelson Leigh
Jesus Christ (archive footage)
John Palone
Pinstripe
Barry Rubin
Fall Guy
Johnny Sapienza
Taurus
Sandy Trent
Man


Bill Beutel
Deacon
Harvey Bialy
Brother of the Rainbow
Timotha Bialy
Sister of the Rainbow
Speed Hacker
Wand Bearer


Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
Lenore Kandel
Deaconess


Anton LaVey
Satan
Van Leuven
Acolyte


Anita Pallenberg
Self (archive footage)


Keith Richards
Self (archive footage)


Donald Cammell
Osiris
Haydn Couts
Adept


Marianne Faithfull
Lilith
Myriam Gibril
Isis
Leslie Huggins
Lucifer


Chris Jagger
High Priest in Yellow Tunic


Jimmy Page
Man with Beard holding Stele of Revealing
Francis Rose
Chaos
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