The Magick Lantern Cycle

The Magick Lantern Cycle

9 Movies

Though later released as a singular DVD, this collection of nine short films are considered seminal works by renown filmmaker Kenneth Anger were made from 1947 to 1972. Together they are commonly identified as "The Magick Lantern Cycle", and "form the basis of Anger's reputation as one of the most influential independent filmmakers in cinema history."

ALL MOVIES IN ORDER

1. Fireworks
1947 · ★ 5.9
A dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a 'light' and is drawn through the need…
2. Puce Moment
1949 · ★ 5.7
This film resulted from the unfinished short film Puce Women. The film opens with a camera watching …
3. Eaux d'Artifice
1953 · ★ 6.4
A woman dressed elegantly walks purposely through the water gardens at the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, a…
4. The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
1954 · ★ 6.3
Lord Shiva wakes. A convocation of magicians in the guise of figures from mythology; a masquerade pa…
5. Scorpio Rising
1964 · ★ 6.6
A gang of bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.
6. Kustom Kar Kommandos
1965 · ★ 6.1
A man in tight jeans buffs his car to the strains of The Paris Sisters' "Dream Lover".
7. Invocation of My Demon Brother
1969 · ★ 5.9
The shadowing forth of Our Lord Lucifer, as the Power of Darkness gather at a midnight mass. The dan…
8. Rabbit's Moon
1971 · ★ 6.2
A Japanese fairy tale meets commedia dell'Arte. All in white, the naïf Pierrot lies in a wood. Doo-w…
9. Lucifer Rising
1974 · ★ 6.8
Egyptian gods summon the angel Lucifer, in order to usher in a new occult age.