Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemeyer; February 3, 1927 - May 11, 2023) was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor and author. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost forty works since 1937, nine of which in particular have been grouped together as the "Magick Lantern Cycle," and form the basis of Anger's reputation as one of the most influential independent filmmakers in cinema history. His films variously merge surrealism with homoeroticism and the occult, and have been described as containing "elements of erotica, documentary, psychodrama, and spectacle." Anger himself has been described as "one of America's first openly gay filmmakers, and certainly the first whose work addressed homosexuality in an undisguised, self-implicating manner," and his "role in rendering gay culture visible within American cinema, commercial or otherwise, is impossible to overestimate." Some of his particularly homoerotic works, such as Fireworks (1947) and Scorpio Rising (1964), were produced prior to the legalisation of homosexuality in the United States. He has also focused upon occult themes in many of his films, being fascinated by the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley, and is a follower of Crowley's religion, Thelema. This influence is evident from films like Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954), Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969) and Lucifer Rising (1972). Anger has described filmmakers such as Auguste and Louis Lumière and Georges Méliès as influences, and has been cited as an important influence on later film directors like Martin Scorsese, David Lynch and John Waters.He has also been described as having "a profound impact on the work of many other filmmakers and artists, as well as on music video as an emergent art form using dream sequence, dance, fantasy, and narrative." During the 1960s and 70s he associated and worked with a number of different figures in popular culture and the occult, including Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, sexologist Alfred Kinsey, artist Jean Cocteau, playwright Tennessee Williams and musicians Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Marianne Faithfull. He is also the author of the controversial best seller Hollywood Babylon (1959) and its sequel Hollywood Babylon II (1986), in which he claims to expose many of the rumours and secrets of Hollywood celebrities. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Anger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Kenneth Anger (nascido Kenneth Wilbur Anglemeyer, em 3 de fevereiro de 1927) é um cineasta underground, autor e ator. Célebre por seus filmes experimentais, sem tentativa de alcançar sucesso comercial, ele se especializou apenas em curta metragem - sendo que, desde 1937, ele fez mais de quarenta filmes, fazendo com que ele ganhasse fama de um dos mais influentes cineastas de filmes independentes na história do cinema. Muito frequentemente, os seus filmes misturam elementos do surrealismo com homoerotismo e ocultismo. Os seus filmes também já foram descritos como "conteúdos de erótica, documentário, psicodrama e espetáculo." Anger descreveu a si mesmo como sendo "um dos primeiros cineastas homossexuais dos Estados Unidos, e, certamente, o primeiro a trabalhar com a homossexualidade de forma nada discreta. Alguns de seus principais filmes homoeróticos, tais como Fireworks (1947) e Scorpio Rising (1964), foram produzidos em pró da legalização da homossexualidade nos Estados Unidos. Ele também se concentrou bastante em temas do ocultismo, tornando-se obcecado pelo famoso ocultista inglês Aleister Crowley (mais tarde, tornaria-se também seguidor da Thelema, a religião de Aleister Crowley). Esta influência é bastante evidente em filmes como Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954), Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969) e, principalmente, Lucifer Rising (1972).

肯尼斯·安格（本名肯尼斯·威尔伯·安格迈尔，1927年2月3日—2023年5月11日）是美国地下实验电影制作人、演员兼作家。他专注于短片创作，自1937年起累计完成近四十部作品，其中九部被集结为《魔法灯笼系列》，奠定了安格作为电影史上最具影响力的独立电影人之一的地位。他的作品融合超现实主义、同性欲望与神秘主义，被评价为"集情色、纪实、心理剧与奇观于一体"。安格本人被誉为"美国首批公开同性恋身份的导演，更是首位以毫无掩饰、自我剖白的方式探讨同性恋主题的电影人"，其"让同性恋文化在美国商业或非商业电影中得以显影的历史作用无论如何强调都不为过"。诸如《烟火》（1947）与《天蝎星升起》（1964）等充满同性欲望的作品，甚至诞生于美国同性恋合法化之前。他也痴迷于英国著名神秘学家阿莱斯特·克劳利，在多部作品中聚焦神秘主义主题，并信奉克劳利创立的神智学体系。这种影响在《快乐圆顶屋落成典礼》（1954）、《吾魔兄弟之召唤》（1969）及《路西法升起》（1972）等作品中尤为显著。 安格自称受到卢米埃尔兄弟与乔治·梅里爱等电影先驱的影响，其创作又深刻影响了马丁·斯科塞斯、大卫·林奇、约翰·沃特斯等后世导演。评论界认为他"对众多电影人与艺术家的创作产生了深远影响，并借助梦境序列、舞蹈、幻想与叙事等手法，对新兴艺术形式音乐录影带的发展起到推动作用"。在1960至70年代，他与流行文化及神秘学领域的众多人物有过合作交集，包括撒旦教会创始人安东·拉维、性学家阿尔弗雷德·金赛、艺术家让·科克托、剧作家田纳西·威廉姆斯，以及音乐人米克·贾格尔、基思·理查兹、吉米·佩奇、玛丽安娜·菲斯福尔等。此外，他还著有争议性畅销书《好莱坞巴比伦》（1959）及其续作《好莱坞巴比伦Ⅱ》（1986），书中宣称揭露了大量好莱坞名流的秘闻轶事。

肯尼斯·安格（本名肯尼斯·威爾伯·安格邁爾，1927 年 2 月 3 日 — 2023 年 5 月 11 日）是美國地下實驗電影制作人、演員兼作家。他專注於短片創作，自 1937 年起累計完成近四十部作品，其中九部被集結為《魔法燈籠系列》，奠定了安格作為電影史上最具影響力的獨立電影人之一的地位。他的作品融合超現實主義、同性慾望與神秘主義，被評價為"集情色、紀實、心理劇與奇觀於一體"。安格本人被譽為"美國首批公開同性戀身份的導演，更是首位以毫無掩飾、自我剖白的方式探討同性戀主題的電影人"，其"讓同性戀文化在美國商業或非商業電影中得以顯影的歷史作用無論如何強調都不為過"。諸如《煙花》（1947）與《天蠍起義》（1964）等充滿同性慾望的作品，甚至誕生於美國同性戀合法化之前。他也痴迷於英國著名神秘學家阿萊斯特·克勞利，在多部作品中聚焦神秘主義主題，並信奉克勞利創立的神智學體系。這種影響在《快樂圓頂屋落成典禮》（1954）、《吾魔兄弟之召喚》（1969）及《路西法升起》（1972）等作品中尤為顯著。 安格自稱受到盧米埃爾兄弟與喬治·梅裏愛等電影先驅的影響，其創作又深刻影響了馬丁·斯科塞斯、大衞·林奇、約翰·沃特斯等後世導演。評論界認為他"對眾多電影人與藝術家的創作產生了深遠影響，並藉助夢境序列、舞蹈、幻想與敘事等手法，對新興藝術形式音樂錄影帶的發展起到推動作用"。在 1960 至 70 年代，他與流行文化及神秘學領域的眾多人物有過合作交集，包括撒旦教會創始人安東·拉維、性學家阿爾弗雷德·金賽、藝術家讓·科克托、劇作家田納西·威廉姆斯，以及音樂人米克·賈格爾、基思·理查茲、吉米·佩奇、瑪麗安娜·菲斯福爾等。此外，他還著有爭議性暢銷書《好萊塢巴比倫》（1959）及其續作《好萊塢巴比倫Ⅱ》（1986），書中宣稱揭露了大量好萊塢名流的秘聞軼事。