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Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
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A Slavonic Mass by Leos Janácek plays as historical figures, biblical characters, and mythical creatures gather in the pleasure dome...
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Kenneth Anger @ 85
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The Forgotten: Sticky Figments
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Interview: French Filmmaker Gaspar Noé Dares to ‘Enter the Void’
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(From MUBI. 2 February 2012, 6:25 AM, PST)
The Forgotten: Sticky Figments
(From MUBI. 5 August 2011, 2:02 AM, PDT)
Interview: French Filmmaker Gaspar Noé Dares to ‘Enter the Void’
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 22 September 2010, 6:42 AM, PDT)
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Nice color and imagery but little else
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(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Samson De Brier | ... | Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast |
| Marjorie Cameron | ... | The Scarlet Woman / Kali |
| Joan Whitney | ... | Aphrodite |
| Katy Kadell | ... | Isis |
| Renate Druks | ... | Lilith (as Renata Loom) |
| Anaïs Nin | ... | Astarte |
| Paul Mathison | ... | Pan |
| Curtis Harrington | ... | Cesare / Slave / Sleep-walker |
| Kenneth Anger | ... | Hecate |
| Peter Loome | ... | Ganymede |
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| Kenneth Anger | |||
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| Kenneth Anger | uncredited | |
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| Kenneth Anger | (uncredited) | ||
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| Kenneth Anger | (uncredited) | ||
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| Robert Straede | .... | assistant camera | |
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- Fantoma (2007) (USA) (DVD)
- Mystic Fire Video (video)
- New Cinema Enterprises (1976) (Canada)
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The film was very popular - especially in its 1966 revision - with the counterculture movement and was watched by many under the influence of LSD and magic mushrooms.See more »
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Plot less short about some Greek gods (or something) getting together in a pleasure dome. There's no dialogue--only music which is supposed to match the images (I think). The color (in the restored print) is incredibly vivid and rich and some of the images are eye-catching but this is more boring and self-indulgent than anything else. The same images are shown again and again and AGAIN...it gets tedious rather quickly. With no plot or story to follow this gets to be a chore to watch. This might be of some interest to some since it has author Anais Nin as Astarte and artist Paul Mathison looking incredibly handsome as Pan. But, all in all, this is boring and pointless. It comes across as little more than director Kenneth Anger and his friends playing dress up. I give this a 4 for the imagery and color alone.