Bruce Byron, Ernie Allo, Frank Carifi
Thirteen popular songs from the era are juxtaposed ironically with startling visual images.
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Anger's fascination with rituals is manifested in the motorcycle gangs. His innovative use of music with montage basically invented the music video and influenced many directors such as Scorsese.
Anger claimed on the commentary that David Lynch stole the idea of using the son...( read more)
Weird enough for someone like me, this actually looks like something I'd like to see.
Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising is a brilliant depiction of youth and culture that manages to not exploit and to show how amazing and beautiful it is to be young.
1964, Kenneth Anger opened new paths for cinema through this psychosexual nightmare, an esoteric folly with a doo woop soundtrack.
Beautiful imagery, it was so powerful looking at this film, a ritualistic trip into the cult of motorcycle gangs. It was amazingly dazzling looking at this and seeing how it influenced a lot of amazing directors, Anger being a proto director of sorts. It was stunning to hear that...( read more)
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