Editing Kenneth Anger (section)

=== 1982–1999: Retirement ===
Soon after the release of ''Lucifer Rising'', a [[PBS]] documentary about Anger and his films, ''Kenneth Anger's Magick'', was made. It was directed by Kit Fitzgerald, who later recalled interviewing Anger in his [[Manhattan]] apartment on a very hot July evening, during which he revealed that he was so broke that he had been forced to sell his air conditioner.<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|pp=226–227}}</ref> Anger himself considered producing other films that would continue on from ''Lucifer Rising'' in a series, and he began calling his finished film ''Part I: Sign Language'', to be followed by two further parts.<ref name="Landis|1995|p=237">{{harvnb|Landis|1995|p=237}}</ref> But those projects were never finished, and Anger did not produce any further films for nearly two decades. In need of money, he released ''Hollywood Babylon II'' in 1984, as well as continuing to screen his films at various festivals and universities and continuing to attempt to produce ''Lucifer Rising II''; around this time he began wearing an eyepatch to these public events, likely due to having been beaten up and getting a bruised eye, a story he told in various interviews, although partly changing the assailant in various versions.<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|p=243}}</ref>

A notorious incident occurred when Anger was invited to appear on [[Coca Crystal]]'s television show in 1984. Upon arriving at the studio he demanded that somebody pay for his taxi ride there, and when they refused, he attacked talent coordinator Maureen Ivice and tried to drag her into his taxi before she was rescued by other members of staff. Anger reportedly escaped the scene by flinging a $100 bill at the cab driver and screaming, "Get me out of here!"<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|pp=251–252}}</ref>

In 1986, Anger sold the video rights to his films, which finally appeared on [[VHS]], allowing them to have greater publicity. The next year, he attended the [[Avignon Film Festival]] in France, where his work was being celebrated in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of ''Fireworks''. Soon thereafter, he appeared in ''Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon'', a [[BBC]] documentary directed by [[Nigel Finch]] for the ''Arena'' series. In 1991, he moved to West Arenas Boulevard in [[Palm Springs, California]], living in what was formerly the estate of his friend [[Ruby Keeler]], where the [[British Film Institute]] sent Rebecca Wood to assist him in writing a never-produced autobiography.<ref>{{harvnb|Landis|1995|pp=252–259}}</ref> Instead, in 1995, Bill Landis, who had been an associate of Anger's in the early 1980s, wrote an unofficial biography of him. Anger condemned Landis's book, calling Landis "an avowed enemy".<ref name="Landis|1995|p=xiii">{{harvnb|Landis|1995|p=xiii}}</ref>

In 1993, Anger visited [[Sydney]] and lectured at a season of his films at the [[Australian Film Institute]] Cinema. In an interview given at the time to ''Black and White'' magazine,<ref>"The Compleat Anger", ''Black and White'' No 2 (August 1993), pp 34-37, 110.</ref> he said he was staying in [[Kings Cross, New South Wales|King's Cross]] and putting the finishing touches on the final treatment of a feature film about Australian artist and occultist [[Rosaleen Norton]]. This project was unrealized.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jan/29/kenneth-anger-film-occultism-los-angeles-interview | title=Kenneth Anger: 'The occult never quite goes away' &#124; the Guardian | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=January 29, 2016 }}</ref>