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Magick Lantern Cycle

Magick Lantern Cycle

APR 10, 1974 · 169 MIN · DIR. KENNETH ANGER

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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

    Kenneth Anger

    Dreamer / Hecate / The Magick / The Magus

  • Bobby Beausoleil

    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

    Samson De Brier

    Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast

  • Marjorie Cameron

    Marjorie Cameron

    The Scarlet Woman / Kali

  • Joan Whitney

    Aphrodite

  • Katy Kadell

    Isis

Crew

Writer

Kenneth Anger

Writer

Ernest D. Glucksman

Director of Photography

Curtis Harrington

Director of Photography

Kenneth Anger

Director of Photography

Chris O'Dell

Editor

Kenneth Anger

Original Music Composer

Mick Jagger

Original Music Composer

Bobby Beausoleil

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