The Complete Magick Lantern Cycle

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Product Description Cinematic magician, legendary provocateur, author of the infamous HOLLYWOOD BABYLONbooks and creator of some of the most striking and beautiful works in the history of film, KennethAnger is a singular figure in post-war American culture.A major influence on everything from the films of Martin Scorsese, Rainer Werner Fassbinder andDavid Lynch to the pop art of Andy Warhol to MTV, Anger s work serves as a talisman of universalsymbols and personal obsessions, combining myth, artifice and ritual to render cinema with thepower of a spell or incantation.This 2-DVD set contains Anger s complete Magick Lantern Cycle, from his landmark debutFIREWORKS in 1947 to his breathtaking phantasmagoria LUCIFER RISING in 1981. Fantoma is veryproud to present the films of this revolutionary and groundbreaking maverick, painstakinglyrestored and presented on DVD for the first time in one collection.Contains the films:Fireworks (1947)Puce Moment (1949)Rabbit s Moon (1950, the rarely seenoriginal 16 minute version)Eaux d Artifice (1953)Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)Scorpio Rising (1964)Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965)Invocation Of My Demon Brother (1969)Rabbit s Moon (1979 version)Lucifer Rising (1981) Review A miracle of modern-day restorationtechniques, these two discs present Mr.Anger s seminal avant-garde films withvisual qualities long obscured in fadedfilm prints. --New York Times