Scorpio Rising (1964)

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 February 1972 (Finland) See more »

Also Known As:

Skorpionen See more »

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA See more »

Budget:

$16,000 (estimated)

Production Co:

Puck Film Productions See more »

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Runtime:

USA: 28 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Trivia

The party in the "Party Lights" sequence was actually the annual all-night Halloween party of the motorcycle club he was following, held in a Brooklyn garage. Kenneth Anger's contribution was four kegs of beer for the revelers. According to him, he staged nothing, but just brought in some lights and "filmed it like a documentary." Although the party looks completely all-male and gay, in fact all of the bikers were heterosexual and had girlfriends, who were present at the party but whom the young men did not want to have filmed. So all of the young women stood behind the movie camera, watching and giggling as their boyfriends carried on, pretended to be homosexuals, and in one or two cases wore drag clothes (i.e., dressed as women). Kenneth Anger has never been sure how much of the rowdy homo-erotic horseplay he caught on his film was natural joking around and how much was the result of him being there with his camera. See more »

Connections

Featured in Anger Me (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"Hit the Road Jack"
(uncredited)
Written by Percy Mayfield
Performed by Ray Charles See more »