Title: Anger : the unauthorized biography of Kenneth Anger /
Authors: Landis, Bill, 1959-; Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Anger, Kenneth; Motion picture producers and directors United States Biography
Abstract: Known worldwide for his bestselling Hollywood Babylon books, Kenneth Anger is an underground filmmaker whose tremendous influence has been acknowledged by directors as diverse as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Dennis Hopper. As the father and most highly regarded member of American cinema's avant-garde, Anger made three films now considered masterpieces: Fireworks, Scorpio Rising, and Lucifer Rising. More than forty years later his aesthetic ripple is still being felt in contemporary mediums such as rock videos.
Contents: Reflections of youth -- A magickal escape -- A camera obscura -- A bed less empty than before -- Dancing with one's own madness...Welcome! -- Gall wasps -- Single-room occupancy -- Sting me -- Kustomized -- Beautiful son -- The mad hatter -- Invocations -- Bootlegged Babylon -- The gossp -- The public humiliation of Jimmy Page: an interlude -- A Swastika of desire -- I love Lucifer -- Teh Budweiser boys -- Going home.