Magick Lantern Cycle
08/03/2019
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
Movie Information
Kenneth Anger
as Dreamer / Hecate / The Magick / The Magus
Bobby Beausoleil
as Lucifer / Self
Bill Seltzer
as Second Sailor
Gordon Gray
as First Sailor
Yvonne Marquis
as Hollywood Star
André Soubeyran
as Pierrot
Claude Revenant
as Harlequin
Nadine Valence
as Columbine
Samson De Brier
as Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast
Marjorie Cameron
as The Scarlet Woman / Kali
Joan Whitney
as Aphrodite
Katy Kadell
as Isis
Renate Druks
as Lilith
Anaïs Nin
as Astarte
Paul Mathison
as Pan
Curtis Harrington
as Cesare / Slave / Sleep-walker
Peter Loome
as Ganymede
Carmilla Salvatorelli
as Lady
Ernie Allo
as Joker
Frank Carifi
as Leo
Johnny Dodds
as Kid
Bruce Byron
as Scorpio
Steve Crandell
as Blondie
Bill Dorfman
as Back
Nelson Leigh
as Jesus Christ (archive footage)
John Palone
as Pinstripe
Barry Rubin
as Fall Guy
Johnny Sapienza
as Taurus
Sandy Trent
as Man
Bill Beutel
as Deacon
Harvey Bialy
as Brother of the Rainbow
Timotha Bialy
as Sister of the Rainbow
Speed Hacker
as Wand Bearer
Mick Jagger
as Self (archive footage)
Lenore Kandel
as Deaconess
Anton LaVey
as Satan
Van Leuven
as Acolyte
Anita Pallenberg
as Self (archive footage)
Keith Richards
as Self (archive footage)
Donald Cammell
as Osiris
Haydn Couts
as Adept
Marianne Faithfull
as Lilith
Myriam Gibril
as Isis
Leslie Huggins
as Lucifer
Chris Jagger
as High Priest in Yellow Tunic
Jimmy Page
as Man with Beard holding Stele of Revealing
Francis Rose
as Chaos
