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Cinematic magician, legendary provocateur, author of the infamous HOLLYWOOD BABYLON books and creator of some of the most striking and beautiful works in the history of film, Kenneth Anger is a singular figure in post-war American culture.
A major influence on everything from the films of Martin Scorsese, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and David Lynch to the pop art of Andy Warhol to MTV, Anger’s work serves as a talisman of universal symbols and personal obsessions, combining myth, artifice and ritual to render cinema with the power of a spell or incantation.
Covering the second half of Anger’s career, from his legendary SCORPIO RISING to his breathtaking phantasmagoria LUCIFER RISING, Fantoma is very proud to complete the cycle with this long-awaited final volume of films by this revolutionary and groundbreaking maverick, painstakingly restored and presented on DVD for the first time anywhere in the world.
In production for over 5 years, THE FILMS OF KENNETH ANGER VOLUME 2 surpasses the standard set by Volume 1, easily one of 2007’s most acclaimed DVD releases. Painstakingly restored by Fantoma under the personal supervision of Kenneth Anger himself, these shorts represent the beginning of the independent film movement as we know it today and Anger’s revolutionary use of blending film to music has often been credited as giving birth to the music video. The films contained in this set include: SCORPIO RISING (1964), KUSTOM KAR KOMMANDOS (1965), INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER (1969), RABBIT’S MOON (1979 version), LUCIFER RISING (1981).
THE FILMS OF KENNETH ANGER VOLUME 2 contains the following special features:
-High Definition transfers from newly restored elements.
-Screen specific audio commentary for all films from Kenneth Anger.
-48 page full color book with written appreciations of Kenneth Anger by legendary filmmakers Martin Scorsese, Gus Van Sant, Guy Maddin and others, introduction to LUCIFER RISING by Bobby Beausoleil, rare photos, and extensive notes for each film.
-THE MAN WE WANT TO HANG (2002), Kenneth Anger’s film on the art of Aleister Crowley.
-Restored stereo soundtrack for LUCIFER RISING, re-mastered from the original session tapes.
-Additional audio track to INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER.
| Catalog Number: MC-744 |
Type: Shorts Compilation |
Genre: Experimental |
| Copyright: 2007 |
Length: 140 minutes |
Format:
DVD Region: 0 (All) |
| TV System: NTSC |
ISBN: |
UPC: 695026704928 |
| Label: Fantoma Films |
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Films In Compilation
Scorpio Rising directed by
Kenneth
Anger
USA,
Experimental,
1964,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:00:00
A picture every film student has read about but not that many have seen. Anger spends time with a Brooklyn motorcycle club and records their homoerotic rituals; in his commentary we learn that he ...
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Kustom Kar Kommandos directed by
Kenneth
Anger
USA,
Experimental,
1965,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:00:00
is a successful fragment of another larger film Anger wanted to make about youth culture. It's mostly an adoring look at a beloved Hot Rod, the "All Chrome Ruby Blush Dream Buggy' that's every bit ...
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Invocation of my Demon Brother directed by
Kenneth
Anger
USA,
Experimental,
1969,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:00:00
Invocation of My Demon Brother represents a leap upward in ambition. Anger draws together a number of elements from the San Francisco fringe, especially the growing Satanist movement as represented ...
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Rabbit's Moon directed by
Kenneth
Anger
USA,
Experimental,
1979,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:00:00
A shorter (7 minute) version of Anger's earlier masterpiece filmed with French mime artists in a Paris studio, with different music and dedicated to one of Stan Brakhage's children. Glenn ...
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Lucifer Rising directed by
Kenneth
Anger
USA,
Experimental,
1981,
00:00:00
Lucifer Rising was finished in 1981 but apparently languished for years until Anger gave up on waiting for Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin to deliver a full score. It instead has a fairly effective ...
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