The films of Kenneth Anger (Magick Lantern Cycle)

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

fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 21:54 (ten months ago) link

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..."

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 22:33 (ten months ago) link

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.)

Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Saturday, 27 May 2023 03:13 (ten months ago) link


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