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The Films of Kenneth Anger, Vol. 1

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nerdling's recommendation

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There are very few filmmakers that are as influential and as unknown as Kenneth Anger. The films in this collection are not as well-known as some of his later worksÃ¢â¬âamong them "Scorpio Rising" and "Lucifer Rising"Ã¢â¬âbut are as important. Ranging from the surreal dreamscape of "Fireworks" (which is part of the Kinsey Institute archives), "Puce Moment," "Rabbit's Moon," "Eaux d'artifice," and "Inauguration of the Pleasuredome."

I was fortunate enough to see a screening of two of these films on the big screen last year ("Fireworks" and "Rabbit's"), and can safely say that "Rabbit's Moon" is the most visually stunning film I've ever seen. It's beautiful and emotional, a blend of French comedia del arte and Japanese folklore that shimmers onscreen and vibrates long after the screen goes dark. The films range further into the wild, hallucinogenic baccanalia of "Inauguration," which was the first Anger film I saw. Simultaneously shocking, frightening and compelling (and featuring AnaÃÂ¯s Nin), the images have stuck with me long after my original viewing, five+ years ago.

A definite must for anyone who loves the experience of being steeped in film!

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DLP's recommendation

The Films of Kenneth Anger, Volume One, includes Rabbit's Moon, my favorite of Anger's short films, which combines kubuki, mime, Japanese myth, and Crowleyan imagery to tell the tale of Pierrot who is discontent with his life. He craves more, trying, unsuccessfully, to possess the moon. He enters the moon-realm, and then returns, dead.