11th ANNUAL
JAMES RIVER
FILM FESTIVAL
Virginia’s Festival for the
Independent- Minded |
ALL ADMISSIONS
FREE UNLESS NOTED; DONATIONS ENCOURAGED
|
|
Anger
x 5
Hollywood-raised Kenneth Anger burst on the avant-garde film
scene when he was barely out of his teens with "Fireworks,"
controversial for its metaphor of gay sexuality. Increasingly
seeing cinema as an extension of Magick, Anger’s subsequent
works would explore themes of transformation through symbolic
ritual. His book "Hollywood Babylon," first published
in the U.S. in 1975, was a notorious insider’s look at
the tragic figures and events behind the myth-making, and was
so well received he followed with "Hollywood Babylon II"
in 1984. This program of Anger’s work is long overdue and
includes "Fireworks" (’47), "Rabbit’s
Moon" (’50), "Eaux D’ Artifice" (’53),
"Scorpio Rising" (’63) and "Kustom Kar Kommandos"
(’65). Introduction by Trent Nicholas, who teaches Cinema
Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Art History
Department. (All works are 16mm prints from the collection of
Canyon Cinema, color & tinted B&W, total running time
73 mins.)  Firehouse
Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free Admission. |
 |
|
|
James River Film Festival | Flicker
| Resources | Get
Involved |