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Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome -- Keneth Anger -- [1954]

3 months ago
SOURCE  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cpHpQ9PsHE
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A Slavonic Mass by Leos Janácek plays as historical figures, biblical characters, and mythical creatures gather in the pleasure dome. Aphrodite, Lilith, Isis, Kali, Astarte, Nero, Pan, and the Great Beast and the Scarlet Woman are part of a visual feast of images superimposed, hallucinations, and the spirit of decadence of the "Yellow '90s." Mythological images from Aleister Crowley, cabalistic symbols, artifice, and magic combine to render the pleasure dome both as prison and as celebration. The movie features the author Anaïs Nin as 'Astarte', Marjorie Cameron as 'The Scarlet Woman', and the filmmaker Curtis Harrington, as well as Kenneth Anger himself.