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Overview

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Director:
Kenneth Anger
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Release Date:
4 February 1972 (Finland) more
Genre:
Short more
Plot:
An army of gay/nazi bikers make their engines roar and ride the way to pain/pleasure as sexual and sadistic... more | add synopsis
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One of the best experimental films ever shot more

Cast

  (Cast)
Ernie Allo ... Joker (uncredited)
Bruce Byron ... Scorpio (uncredited)
Frank Carifi ... Leo (uncredited)
Steve Crandell ... Blondie (uncredited)
Johnny Dodds ... Kid (uncredited)
Bill Dorfman ... Back (uncredited)

Nelson Leigh ... Jesus Christ (uncredited) (archive footage)
John Palone ... Pinstripe (uncredited)
Barry Rubin ... Fall Guy (uncredited)
Johnny Sapienza ... Taurus (uncredited)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:28 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16

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Most of the young men in the film were Italian-Americans from Brooklyn who worked during the day at the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan, (the central location for New York City's fish wholesalers), doing heavy physical labor. Their priorities in spending their money were: motorcycles first, girlfriends second! The man with a very muscular body in the "Blue Velvet" sequence was, however, a visiting biker from Canada. more
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Features The Living Bible: Last Journey to Jerusalem (1952) more
Soundtrack:
He's a Rebel more

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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the best experimental films ever shot, 28 March 2006
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Author: CoreyBoy86 from United States

Kenneth Anger's "Scorpio Rising", set to the tune of thirteen 1960's pop songs, ranks as one of the best films ever shot in the experimental genres, which to some people might translate as the best pile of dog poop ever made, but in terms of visual imagery, context, and use of music, it ranks up there as one of the most important films of the 60's. Kenneth Anger's trademarks (outsider as protagonist, homosexual iconography, pop culture looked at in a different light) are at their most poignant here with most memorable scenes set to 'Blue Velvet", "I Will Follow Him", and "Wipe Out". Also classic is the use of clips from Cecil B. DeMille's "King of Kings" of Jesus and his disciples walking superimposed between shots of gay bikers. A classic piece of Americana.

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