The films of Kenneth Anger (Magick Lantern Cycle)

As I've been re-watching his films recently, the thing that really stands out is that each film seems to inhabit its own enclosed and totally consistent universe, an effect that must be nearly impossible to achieve with minimal budget and crew.

wow

Gonna have to rewatch Puce Moment a few dozen times tonight in tribute

Also important to remember that Scorpio Rising was something of a First Amendment milestone:

"When Scorpio Rising was – we've forgotten, in a sense, that it was a groundbreaker, legally…The case had to go to the California Supreme Court to be freed and then it became, like, a landmark case of redeeming social merit. That was the phrase that was used to justify that it wasn't pornography. And, indeed, there's nothing pornographic about it. Somebody had to break the ice and have that kind of case at that time to establish the freedom, because, before then, the police could seize anything they wanted to..."

So I assume every Batman director since at least Tim Burton has closely watched Scorpio Rising, if only as a study in hypermasculinity and machine fetishism?

(I had previously only seen Fireworks, Eaux d'Artifices, and Puce Moment.)