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== Filmography == {| class="sortable wikitable" style="width=95%;" |- !width="55"|Date ! style="width:230px;"|Title !width="80"|Length !width=|Notes |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1937 || ''Ferdinand the Bull'' || || Lost film |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1941β42 || ''Tinsel Tree'' || {{hs|0}}3 mins. || A silent black-and-white film that Anger personally hand tinted with gold-scarlet over the flames. It featured a [[Christmas tree]] being dressed in decorations, before being shown stripped and bare and set on fire.<ref>{{harvnb|Hunter|2002|pp=105β106}}</ref> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1942 || ''Prisoner of Mars'' || 11 mins. || A silent black-and-white film that mixes futuristic science fiction with the ancient Greek myth of the [[Minotaur]]. The plot revolves around a character, The Boy Elect from Earth, played by Anger himself, who is sent in a rocket to [[Mars]] where he finds himself in a [[labyrinth]] filled with the bones of other adolescents sent there in the past.<ref>{{harvnb|Hunter|2002|p=106}}</ref> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1943 || {{hs|Nest}}''The Nest'' || 20 mins. || A silent black-and-white film in which a brother (played by Bob Jones) and sister (Jo Whittaker) are examining mirrors when a third figure (Dare Harris), causes them to act violently against one another, before a magical rite takes place in which the sister's binding spell is destroyed by the brother.<ref>{{harvnb|Hunter|2002|pp=106β107}}</ref> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1944 || ''Demigods (Escape Episode)'' || 35 mins. || A silent black-and-white film based upon the ancient Greek myth of [[Andromeda (mythology)|Andromeda]], in which a girl (Marilyn Granas) is imprisoned within a seaside crumbling [[Neo-Gothic]] church guarded by a religious fanatic (Nora Watson), till she is saved by a boy representing [[Perseus]] (Bob Jones).<ref name="Hunter, 2002, p.107">{{harvnb|Hunter|2002|p=107}}</ref> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1945 || ''Drastic Demise'' || {{hs|0}}5 mins. || A silent black-and-white work filmed by Anger in Hollywood on [[V-J Day]]. Consisting of footage of a celebratory crowd, it ends with an image of a nuclear [[mushroom cloud]].<ref name="Hunter, 2002, p.107" /> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1946 || ''Escape Episode'' || 27 mins. || A shortened version of ''Demigods (Escape Episode)'', it features [[Scriabin]]'s ''[[The Poem of Ecstasy]]'' alongside the sounds of birds, wind and surf.<ref name="Hunter, 2002, p.107" /> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1947 || ''[[Fireworks (1947 film)|Fireworks]]'' || 15 mins. || Filmed in black and white, it is a [[homoerotic]] work seen through the eyes of the protagonist, played by Anger himself. |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1949 || ''[[Puce Moment]]'' || {{hs|0}}6 mins. || Filmed in color, starring Yvonne Marquis as a celebrity in her home, and featuring music by Jonathan Halper, ''Puce Moment'' lasted only one scene and portrays her examining her dresses and perfume.<ref name="Hunter, 2002, p.114">{{harvnb|Hunter|2002|p=114}}</ref> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1949 || {{hs|Love That Whirls}}''The Love That Whirls'' || unknown || Influenced by [[James Frazer]]'s anthropological text ''[[The Golden Bough]]'', it was set in the [[Aztec]] civilisation, and featured a youth who was chosen to be king for a year before being ritually sacrificed. The film was subsequently destroyed at the Eastman-Kodak developing plant, who objected to its theme and nudity.<ref name="Hunter, 2002, p.114" /> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1950 || ''[[Rabbit's Moon]]'' || 16 mins (1971) <br /> 7 mins (1979)|| Filmed in 35 mm, it is set in a small wooded glade where a clown stares up at the moon, in which a rabbit lives. |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1951β52 || ''Les Chants de Maldoror'' || unknown || Based upon the 1868 novel by [[Isidore Ducasse]], ''[[Les Chants de Maldoror]]'', only test shots were produced, in which he employed members of the Marquis de Cuevas ballet.<ref name="Hunter, 2002, p.117">{{harvnb|Hunter|2002|p=117}}</ref> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1953 || ''[[Eaux d'Artifice]]'' || 12 mins. || A short, monochromatic film appearing in dark blue, with only one moment of color β a woman opens a fan that glows in bright green. The woman appears in a gown stretching from neck to toe, wearing dark glasses and a feathered headdress. Water flows throughout, from fountains, and suggestively through the mouths and over the faces of statuary. Fluids sensually pulse and flow, reminiscent of sexual climax. In the end the woman steps from a door seemingly from the side of a fountain, and is herself transformed into water. The film is set to the music of [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]]'s Winter Movement from [[the Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|the Four Seasons]]. |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1953 || ''Le Jeune Homme et la Mort'' || unknown || Based upon the ballet by [[Jean Cocteau]], this silent black-and-white film starred Jean Babilee as a young man and Nathalie Philipart as Death. It was a 16 mm pilot designed to be used to raise funds to produce a 35 mm Technicolor version, but the funding for this never materialized.<ref>{{harvnb|Hunter|2002|pp=116β117}}</ref> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1954 || ''[[Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome]]'' || 38 mins. || |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1955 || ''Thelema Abbey'' || 10 mins. || A short, black-and-white documentary on [[Aleister Crowley]]'s [[Abbey of Thelema]] in Sicily, which examined many of the exotic frescoes, a study in which Anger was assisted by sexologist [[Alfred Kinsey]].<ref name="Hunter, 2002, p.117" /> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1961 || ''L'Histoire d'O'' || 20 mins. || Based upon [[Pauline RΓ©age]]'s 1954 novel, ''[[Story of O|L'Histoire d'O]]'', it revolved around the [[sado-masochistic]] sexual activities of a heterosexual couple. Anger would later relate that the money provided for the film had been a part of the ransom paid to the kidnappers of Eric Peugeot, heir to the [[Peugeot]] car company fortune.<ref>{{harvnb|Hunter|2002|pp=117β118}}</ref> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1963 || ''[[Scorpio Rising (film)|Scorpio Rising]]'' || 29 mins. || |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1965 || ''[[Kustom Kar Kommandos]]'' || {{hs|0}}3 mins. || In color, set to the tones of "[[Dream Lover]]" by [[The Paris Sisters]], several handsome young men stand admiringly over the chassis of a souped-up [[hot rod]]. A young man slowly works the chamois over the chrome and paint of the machine. The young man now smartly dressed in matching pastel blue gets behind the wheel and begins to work the controls. Finally the engine revs and the car rolls away.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1969 || ''[[Invocation of My Demon Brother]]'' || 12 mins. || In color, with an [[electronic music|electronic score]] by [[Rolling Stones]] lead singer [[Mick Jagger]]. The film features an array of [[occult]] symbols and activities, including a [[Satanism|Satanic]] funeral for a cat. ''Demon Brother'' also includes [[Anton LaVey]] as a priest, [[newsreel]] footage of the [[Vietnam War]], and clips of [[The Rolling Stones]]' July 1969 free concert in London's [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], their first public appearance after the death of [[Brian Jones]] and their first performance with [[Mick Taylor]]. Also shown in the concert footage are Jagger's then-girlfriend and pop singer [[Marianne Faithfull]] and [[Keith Richards]]' wife, actress [[Anita Pallenberg]]. ''Demon Brother'' is mostly assembled from footage for Anger's original version of [[Lucifer Rising (film)|''Lucifer Rising'']], including scenes of future [[Manson Family]] associate [[Bobby Beausoleil]] in the titular role. |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1970β1980 || ''[[Lucifer Rising (film)|Lucifer Rising]]'' || 29 mins. || |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1976 || ''Senators in Bondage'' || || Announced, but never produced<ref name="The Film Journal">{{cite web |website=The Film Journal |url=http://www.thefilmjournal.com/issue12/anger.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051120131847/http://www.thefilmjournal.com/issue12/anger.html |archive-date=2005-11-20 |title=Kenneth Anger |first=Deborah |last=Allison |type=review}}</ref> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1977 || ''Matelots en Menottes'' || || Announced, but never produced<ref name="The Film Journal" /> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 1979 || ''Denunciation of Stan Brakhage'' || {{hs|0}}7 mins. || Announced, but never produced<ref name="The Film Journal" /> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2000 || ''Don't Smoke That Cigarette!'' || 45 mins. || |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2000 || ''Hollywood Babylon'' || 4 mins. || Co-directed with [[Nico B.]] |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2002 || {{hs|Man We Want to Hang}}''The Man We Want to Hang'' || 12 mins. || Images of artworks by or related to Aleister Crowley with music by [[Anatol Liadov]] |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2004 || ''Anger Sees Red'' || {{hs|0}}4 mins. || Comprises footage of a muscled man, who identifies himself only as "Red", walking through a park and sunbathing, at which he is seen by Anger himself, who is also in the park, before subsequently returning home.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2004 || ''Patriotic Penis'' || || |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2005 || ''Mouse Heaven'' || 11 mins. || A [[Montage (filmmaking)|montage]] of rare [[Mickey Mouse]] memorabilia, accompanied by a soundtrack of pop songs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://whitney.org/collection/works/27372|title=Kenneth Anger - Mouse Heaven |website=Whitney Museum of American Art |date=November 11, 2024 }}</ref> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2007 || ''Elliott's Suicide'' || 15 mins. || |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2007 || ''I'll Be Watching You'' || {{hs|0}}5 mins. || |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2007 || ''Green Hell'' || 4 mins. || |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2007 || ''My Surfing Lucifer'' || {{hs|0}}4 mins. || Using [[Found footage (film technique)|found footage]], we are introduced to the short life of [[Bunker Spreckels]], [[Clark Gable]]'s stepson and surfing legend.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mubi.com/en/gr/films/my-surfing-lucifer |title=My Surfing Lucifer |website=MUBI |date=November 11, 2024 }}</ref> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2008 || ''Foreplay'' || {{hs|0}}7 mins. || |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2008 || ''Ich Will!'' || 35 mins. || |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2008 || ''Uniform Attraction'' || 21 mins. || |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2009 || ''Brush of Baphomet'' || 1 min. || |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2009 || ''Death'' || 42 secs. || Part of the ''42 One Dream Rush'' project, commissioned by [[Bacardi| 42 Below Vodka]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mubi.com/en/gr/films/42-one-dream-rush |title=42 One Dream Rush |website=MUBI |date=November 3, 2024 }}</ref> |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2010 || ''Missoni'' || {{hs|0}}2 mins. 32 secs. || |- valign="top" | style="text-align:center;"| 2013 || ''Airships'' || {{hs|0}}9 mins.|| |}
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