Magick Lantern Cycle Poster

Magick Lantern Cycle

83.00% | March 8, 2019 | Fantasy, Horror, Music

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

Featured Crew

Kenneth Anger
Director
Kenneth Anger
Writer
Kenneth Anger
Editor

Cast

Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger
Dreamer / Hecate / The Magick / The Magus
Bobby Beausoleil
Bobby Beausoleil
Lucifer / Self
Bill Seltzer
Bill Seltzer
Second Sailor
Gordon Gray
Gordon Gray
First Sailor
Yvonne Marquis
Yvonne Marquis
Hollywood Star

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