2alaudacorax
I was slightly surprised he was still alive; I'd got into thinking of him as a figure from the past, knowing about his (supposed?) appearance in 'the Dream' and thinking of him as a 'sixties person.
By coincidence, I currently have The Magick Lantern Cycle on rental. Haven't got round to watching it yet, though. Must do so this evening. Stone me! I've had it here six weeks! MUST do so this evening.
By coincidence, I currently have The Magick Lantern Cycle on rental. Haven't got round to watching it yet, though. Must do so this evening. Stone me! I've had it here six weeks! MUST do so this evening.
3LolaWalser
>2 alaudacorax:
Oh, you should definitely give it a look!
As you say, purported appearance in Max Reinhardt's Midsummer night's dream technically makes him a star of the thirties... :) Also, his gossip book talks a lot about people of that era.
Oh, you should definitely give it a look!
As you say, purported appearance in Max Reinhardt's Midsummer night's dream technically makes him a star of the thirties... :) Also, his gossip book talks a lot about people of that era.
4alaudacorax
>3 LolaWalser:
Holywood Babylon ... yet another book I've been 'meaning to' for years but never got round to ...
When I said I had The Magick Lantern Cycle on rental I actually meant Disc 1 of the BFI two-disc set, so ...
Fireworks (1947)
Puce Moment (1949)
Rabbit s Moon (1950/1971, the rarely seen 16 minute version)
Eaux d'Artifice (1953)
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
Scorpio Rising (1964)
Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965)
Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969)
Rabbit's Moon (1950/1979 version)
Lucifer Rising (1981)
... which I've watched tonight, plus a couple of extras which I haven't as yet. Disc 2 will probably be sent to me when I send my current batch back (this is UK's cinemaparadiso.co.uk again, which I'm always shamelessly plugging, of course)
I didn't really know what I was expecting, but I found it fascinating—I was watching most of the evening and rewatched several of the pieces. A multitude of borrowings and allusions to pick up on, lots of rich imagery—I was continually thinking that one could freeze-frame in most places and make intriguing paintings of what you saw, or pen and ink drawings or what have you of the black and white sections. There was a lot of nostalgia for me personally, too, in lots of music from my childhood and early youth. I was quite surprised to see Mick Jagger given the credit for the sound track of one of them—very avant-garde and un-Stone-like stuff. And Marianne Faithfull was in at least one of the pieces—had her on my bedroom wall when I was a teenager.
Now, though, I'm sorry I left it so long to watch, as it was really too much to digest in one evening. No doubt Anger's recent death will create demand and they'll be badgering me for it back if I hang on to it much longer.
Holywood Babylon ... yet another book I've been 'meaning to' for years but never got round to ...
When I said I had The Magick Lantern Cycle on rental I actually meant Disc 1 of the BFI two-disc set, so ...
Fireworks (1947)
Puce Moment (1949)
Rabbit s Moon (1950/1971, the rarely seen 16 minute version)
Eaux d'Artifice (1953)
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
Scorpio Rising (1964)
Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965)
Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969)
Rabbit's Moon (1950/1979 version)
Lucifer Rising (1981)
... which I've watched tonight, plus a couple of extras which I haven't as yet. Disc 2 will probably be sent to me when I send my current batch back (this is UK's cinemaparadiso.co.uk again, which I'm always shamelessly plugging, of course)
I didn't really know what I was expecting, but I found it fascinating—I was watching most of the evening and rewatched several of the pieces. A multitude of borrowings and allusions to pick up on, lots of rich imagery—I was continually thinking that one could freeze-frame in most places and make intriguing paintings of what you saw, or pen and ink drawings or what have you of the black and white sections. There was a lot of nostalgia for me personally, too, in lots of music from my childhood and early youth. I was quite surprised to see Mick Jagger given the credit for the sound track of one of them—very avant-garde and un-Stone-like stuff. And Marianne Faithfull was in at least one of the pieces—had her on my bedroom wall when I was a teenager.
Now, though, I'm sorry I left it so long to watch, as it was really too much to digest in one evening. No doubt Anger's recent death will create demand and they'll be badgering me for it back if I hang on to it much longer.
5Rembetis
>1 LolaWalser: Very sad to hear of his death, but 96 is a grand age.
>4 alaudacorax: The two 'Hollywood Babylon' books are good fun, in places they make jawdropping reading, but much of the content has been disputed over the years.
I first saw the Magick Lantern cycle when I was around 18 at London's long gone (and very much missed) Scala repertory cinema. I felt like I had dropped acid! Eye opening, original and creative film making. Spot on about the rich imagery! There certainly was an occult influence too.
>4 alaudacorax: The two 'Hollywood Babylon' books are good fun, in places they make jawdropping reading, but much of the content has been disputed over the years.
I first saw the Magick Lantern cycle when I was around 18 at London's long gone (and very much missed) Scala repertory cinema. I felt like I had dropped acid! Eye opening, original and creative film making. Spot on about the rich imagery! There certainly was an occult influence too.
