Kenneth Anger — Director (9)

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Foreplay (2008)
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The training practice of a soccer team – close-up of feet, body parts, muscles – entirely silent except for the noises of the ball being hit – a sort of minimalist, crisp, homoerotic version of Philippe Parreno's and Douglas Gordon's Zidane – A 21st Century Portrait.

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Rabbit's Moon (1971)
Rabbit's Moon
★ 7.2 5 ratings
Kenneth Anger actor: Claude Revenant / André Soubeyran …
other title: 兔子的月亮 / 兔月亮 …
Rabbit's Moon is a short avant-garde film directed by Kenneth Anger in the style of both mime and Kabuki theatre. The title refers to the Japanese myth about a rabbit on the moon. The story focuses on Pierrot trying to obtain the unattainable moon. Harlequin appears and entertains Pierrot with sword play, juggling, and dance. Pierrot remains distraught, so Harlequin summons Columbina to help uplift Pierrot.

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Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
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★ 8.2 6 ratings
Kenneth Anger actor: Samson De Brier / 马乔里·卡梅伦 …
other title: 极乐大厦揭幕 / 쾌락 궁전의 창립 …
A Slavonic Mass by Leos Janácek plays as historical figures, biblical characters, and mythical creatures gather in the pleasure dome. Aphrodite, Lilith, Isis, Kali, Astarte, Nero, Pan, and the Great Beast and the Scarlet Woman are part of a visual feast of images superimposed, hallucinations, and the spirit of decadence of the "Yellow '90s." Mythological images from Aleister Crowley, cabalistic symbols, artifice, and magic combine to render the pleasure dome both as prison and as celebration.

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Eaux d'Artifice (1970)
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★ 6.7 6 ratings
other title: 水的诡计 / Eaux d'artifice …
A woman dressed elegantly walks purposely through the water gardens at the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, as the music of Vivaldi's Winter movement of The Four Seasons plays. Heavy red filters give a blue cast to the light; water plays across stone, and fountains send it into the air. No words are spoken. Baroque statuary and the sensuous flow of water are back lit. Anger calls it water games.