Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Anger (born February 3, 1927 in Santa Monica, California as Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer) is an underground avant-garde film-maker and author. Image:Kenneth anger photograph. ... Image:Kenneth anger photograph. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Santa Monica Pier entrance Santa Monica pier Santa Monica is a coastal city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. It borders Santa Monica Bay (part of the Pacific Ocean) on the west, Pacific Palisades and Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles and Mar Vista on the east, and... The first use of the term underground film occurs in a 1957 essay by American film critic Manny Farber, Underground Films. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ...

As a child he played the child prince in the 1935 version of A Midsummer Night's Dream and attended the Maurice Kossloff Dancing School with Shirley Temple. A Midsummer Nights Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare written sometime in the mid-1590s. ... Shirley Temple in Glad Rags to Riches Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928), later known as Shirley Temple Black, is an American diplomat and former film child actress. ...

He gained fame and notoriety from the publication of Hollywood Babylon in 1958, a tell-all book of the scandals of Hollywood's rich and famous. He became fascinated with the supernatural and Aleister Crowley (as well as becoming an adherent of Crowley's religion of Thelema) sometime in his late teens and many of his films reflect occult themes. He began making films around age 11, but his early films were mostly destroyed. His first film to see distribution was Fireworks, filmed in Los Angeles in 1947, which gained the attention of Jean Cocteau, who then invited him to go to Paris. While most of his films are short subject (ranging from 3.5 minutes to 30 minutes) mood pieces, in 1955 he made a documentary film of the ruins of Crowley's Thelema abbey in Cefalu, Sicily which has since been lost. Hollywood Babylon is a book by Kenneth Anger an ex-child star, avant-garde filmmaker, occultist, and author, which details the sordid scandals of many famous and infamous Hollywood denizens from the 1900s to the 1950s. ... ... The supernatural (Latin: super- exceeding + nature) refers to forces and phenomena which are beyond ordinary scientific understanding. ... Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an occultist, mystic, hedonist and sexual revolutionary. ... The Unicursal Hexagram, designed by Aleister Crowley, is one of the common symbols of Thelema Thelema is the English transliteration of the Ancient Greek noun θέλημα: will, from the verb ἐθέλω: to will, wish, purpose. ... The word occult comes from Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to the knowledge of the secret or knowledge of the hidden and often meaning knowledge of the supernatural, as opposed to knowledge of the visible or knowledge of the measurable, usually referred to as science. ... The Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House illuminated under New Years Eve Fireworks 2005 A fireworks event (also called a fireworks display or fireworks show) is a spectacular display of the effects produced by firework devices on various occasions. ... Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker. ... The Unicursal Hexagram, designed by Aleister Crowley, is one of the common symbols of Thelema Thelema is the English transliteration of the Ancient Greek noun θέλημα: will, from the verb ἐθέλω: to will, wish, purpose. ... An abbey (from the Latin abbatia, which is derived from the Syriac abba, father), is a Christian monastery or convent, under the government of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serve as the spiritual father or mother of the community. ... The Cathedral of Cefal by night LungomareBoardwalk beach in Cefal Cefal is an ancient city in the province of Palermo, in Sicily, Italy. ... Sicilian redirects here. ...

Kenneth Anger also developed a close friendship with Dr. Alfred Kinsey of the Institute for Sex Research. Anger would later recall that Kinsey was his first customer after Kinsey purchased a copy of Fireworks when they first met in 1947. Anger eventually helped Kinsey build his film archive. The Anger Collection includes correspondence between the two men, as well as letters to and from former Institute director John Bancroft. Anger would later speak openly of his participation in Kinsey's research, including being filmed masturbating. Dr. Alfred Kinsey interviewing a respondent to his survey. ... The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, often shortened to Kinsey Institute, exists to promote interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the fields of human sexuality, gender, and reproduction. The Institute was founded as the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University at Bloomington in 1947 by Alfred...

During the late 60's he associated with The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger and convicted first degree murderer Bobby Beausoleil of the Charles Manson family who starred in Anger's 1969 film "Invocation Of My Demon Brother" which was soundtracked by Mick Jagger on Moog synthesizer and eventually completed the music for Anger's 1970 film Lucifer Rising from prison. The film also featured British singer Marianne Faithfull in the role of Lilith. Several of his films are collected in the 4 volume Magick Lantern Cycle, these are marked * in the filmography. The Rolling Stones are a British rock band that rose to prominence during the British Invasion in the 1960s. ... Mick Jagger 1995 Sir Michael Philip Mick Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer and businessman. ... Robert Kenneth Bobby Beausoleil (born 6 November 1947, in Santa Barbara, California), was a member of the Charles Manson Family who was convicted of killing music teacher Gary Hinman on July 25, 1969. ... Charles Manson. ... Bob Moog Dr Robert A. Moog (born May 23, 1934) is the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. ... Lucifer Rising is an album by Jimmy Page, released by Boleskine House Records on June 19, 1987. ... Marianne Faithfull on the cover of her album A Secret Life Marianne Faithfull (born December 29, 1946 in Hampstead, London, England) is a British singer and actress whose career spans over four decades. ...

Kenneth Anger had a widely publicized spat with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page over the Lucifer Rising soundtrack. Anger claimed Page took three years to deliver the music, and the final product was only 25 minutes of droning and was useless. On top that, Anger accused Page of "having an affair with the White Lady" and being too strung out on drugs to complete the project. Page countered claiming he had fulfilled all his obligations, even going so far as to lend Anger his own film editing equipment to help him finish the project. Page's music was dumped eventually and replaced by the Beausoleil version completed in 1980 from prison. Led Zeppelin was a English rock band that became one of the most successful and influential artists in popular music history. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Lucifer Rising is an album by Jimmy Page, released by Boleskine House Records on June 19, 1987. ...

Anger is currently libeling avant garde metal band Ulver for using his name in their music videos though after he had sent many letters asking for them to stop. [1] Avant garde metal, sometimes called experimental, is a subgenre of heavy metal characterized by large amounts of experimentation and by non-standard sounds, instruments, and song structures. ... Ulver (Norwegian for “Wolves”) is an experimental musical ensemble from Norway that started out making folk-inspired black metal and neo-classical folk music. ...

Filmography

• Who Has Been Rocking My Dreamboat (1941)
• Tinsel Tree (1941-1942)
• Prisoner of Mars (1942)
• The Nest (1943)
• Escape Episode (1944)
• Drastic Demise (1945)
• Escape Episode (shorter sound version) (1946)
• Fireworks (1947)*
• Puce Moment (1949)*
• The Love That Whirls (1949)
• Maldoror (1951-1952, unfinished)
• Eaux d'Artifice (1953)*
• Le Jeune Homme et la Mort (1953)
• Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954, recut in 1966)*
• Thelema Abbey (1955)
• Histoire d'O (1959-1961)
• Scorpio Rising (1963)*
• Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965)*
• Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969)*
• Lucifer Rising (1970-1980)*
• Rabbit's Moon (1972)*
• Don't Smoke That Cigarette (2000)
• The Man We Want to Hang (2002)

Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome is a short film by Kenneth Anger, author of the Hollywood Babylon books. ... Scorpio Rising is an avantgarde, experimental film that features themes of homosexual erotica, leather-clad bikers and the occult, by Kenneth Anger, author of Hollywood Babylon. ... Rabbits Moon is a short avant-garde film directed by Kenneth Anger in the style of both mime and Kabuki theatre. ...

External links

• Kenneth Anger at The Internet Movie Database
• Biography by Robert Haller
• Biography by Mystic Fire
• The Observer: Look Back at Anger
• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
• Interview: Ratso.net
• Interview: Reel.com
• Interview: San Francisco Bay Guardian
• Interview: The Austin Chronicle
• Interview: T.O.P.Y. Chaos
• Interview: ARTE (QuickTime)
• Interview: Bizarre magazine
• Kinsey Institute article on Kenneth Anger
• Magick Lantern Cycle: Images & Synopses
• Essay on Scorpio Rising
• Essay on Kustom Kar Kommandos
• Essay on Invocation of My Demon Brother (1)
• Essay on Invocation of My Demon Brother (2)
• Essay on Lucifer Rising
• Kenneth Anger anecdote: Films in Review
• Kenneth Anger @ pHinnWeb
• Review of Alice Hutchison's book on Anger
• Discussion Forum
• NNDb profile

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See also

• Experimental film