Style, Structure and Allusion in Lucifer Rising. Issue 1 (11th June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Taberham, Paul
• Is Part Of: Open screens. Volume 2:Issue 1(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-06-11
• Subjects: avant-garde -- experimental film -- Kenneth Anger -- Thelema -- occult; Motion pictures -- Periodicals; Television broadcasting -- Periodicals; Motion pictures -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Television broadcasting -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 791.43
• DOI: 10.16995/os.13
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2516-2888

Abstract

Abstract : Lucifer Rising can be understood as the culmination of Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle. The power of this film, in part, rests on the way in which Anger alludes to a range of esoteric myths and Gods, without contextualising them in the way a more traditional film would do. This article sets out to reveal the various allusions, and in turn elucidate Anger's unique aproach to filmmaking.