Lucifer Rising (1972)

Egyptian gods summons the angel Lucifer - in order to usher in a new occult age.

Director:

Kenneth Anger

Stars:

Kenneth Anger, Bobby Beausoleil, Donald Cammell

Cast

Uncredited cast:
Kenneth Anger	...	The Magus (uncredited)
Bobby Beausoleil	...	Self (uncredited)
Donald Cammell	...	Osiris (uncredited)
Haydn Couts	...	Adept (uncredited)
Marianne Faithfull	...	Lilith (uncredited)
Myriam Gibril	...	Isis (uncredited)
Leslie Huggins	...	Lucifer (uncredited)
Chris Jagger	...	High Priest in Yellow Tunic (uncredited)
Jimmy Page	...	Man with Beard holding Stele of Revealing (uncredited)
Francis Rose	...	Chaos (uncredited)

Storyline

Egyptian gods summons the angel Lucifer - in order to usher in a new occult age.

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Plot Keywords:

occult | male rear nudity | male full frontal nudity | topless female nudity | unidentified flying object | 

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Genres:

Short | Fantasy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The score for the movie was composed by the incarcerated killer Bobby Beausoleil, one of the infamous Charles Manson family killers. He was in jail when he made the score.

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Connections

Features Just Imagine (1930)

User Reviews

Acid-Fused Imagery, Mick Jagger, and that Tapeloop

Entertaining, slow moving, insightful, and sometimes shocking fourth installment to the Kenneth Anger short film collection; it possesses all these attributes, as well as being influential to experimental directors of today. A lot of what Anger was doing in "Invocation of My Demon Brother" (film layers, fast edits, bizarre soundtracks) can be seen in most of the music videos on MTV; a characteristic that has driven parents, as well as teenagers, crazy. The primary source of these ideas came from the Acid Trip footage, extensively explicated in Tom Wolfe's lysergic-fused biographical novel, "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test." Nevertheless, the idea caught on and Anger utilized the technique to the fullest in "Demon Brother," counterweighted by an equivocal tape-loop supplied by Mick Jagger. In the second film "Lucifer Rising," Anger had already developed his experimentation with edits and layers, this time presenting a more formalized run to the film. Marianne Faithful makes an appearance in the film, as well as an assortment of 60's notables, which includes Manson family member Bobby Beausoleil who also wrote the film's score. Altho not Anger's best volume, (Scorpio Rising is the better) it still has many elements -- as I explained -- that will turn some people on; ergo, a cult following.

Details

Country:

USA UK West Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1983 (UK)

Also Known As:

Lucifer Rising

Filming Locations:

Avebury Stone Circle, Avebury, Wiltshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Puck Film Productions, British Film Finance, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1