Magick Lantern Cycle

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Sinossi in inglese

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

K Kenneth AngerDreamer / Hecate / The Magick / The Magus B Bobby BeausoleilLucifer / Self B Bill SeltzerSecond Sailor G Gordon GrayFirst Sailor Y Yvonne MarquisHollywood Star A André SoubeyranPierrot C Claude RevenantHarlequin N Nadine ValenceColumbine S Samson De BrierLord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast M Marjorie CameronThe Scarlet Woman / Kali J Joan WhitneyAphrodite K Katy KadellIsis

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R Renate DruksLilith A Anaïs NinAstarte P Paul MathisonPan C Curtis HarringtonCesare / Slave / Sleep-walker P Peter LoomeGanymede C Carmilla SalvatorelliLady E Ernie AlloJoker F Frank CarifiLeo J Johnny DoddsKid B Bruce ByronScorpio S Steve CrandellBlondie B Bill DorfmanBack N Nelson LeighJesus Christ (archive footage) J John PalonePinstripe B Barry RubinFall Guy J Johnny SapienzaTaurus S Sandy TrentMan B Bill BeutelDeacon H Harvey BialyBrother of the Rainbow T Timotha BialySister of the Rainbow S Speed HackerWand Bearer M Mick JaggerSelf (archive footage) L Lenore KandelDeaconess A Anton LaVeySatan V Van LeuvenAcolyte A Anita PallenbergSelf (archive footage) K Keith RichardsSelf (archive footage) D Donald CammellOsiris H Haydn CoutsAdept M Marianne FaithfullLilith M Myriam GibrilIsis L Leslie HugginsLucifer C Chris JaggerHigh Priest in Yellow Tunic J Jimmy PageMan with Beard holding Stele of Revealing F Francis RoseChaos