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
as Dreamer / Hecate / The Magick / The Magus
as Lucifer / Self
as Second Sailor
as First Sailor
as Hollywood Star
as Pierrot
as Harlequin
as Columbine
as Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast
as The Scarlet Woman / Kali
as Aphrodite
as Isis
as Lilith
as Astarte
as Pan
as Cesare / Slave / Sleep-walker
as Ganymede
as Lady
as Joker
as Leo
as Kid
as Scorpio
as Blondie
as Back
as Jesus Christ (archive footage)
as Pinstripe
as Fall Guy
as Taurus
as Man
as Deacon
as Brother of the Rainbow
as Sister of the Rainbow
as Wand Bearer
as Self (archive footage)
as Deaconess
as Satan
as Acolyte
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Osiris
as Adept
as Lilith
as Isis
as Lucifer
as High Priest in Yellow Tunic
as Man with Beard holding Stele of Revealing
as Chaos
