Inauguration Of The Pleasure Dome (1954-56)

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Quote:This section of the film is constructed around Shiva greeting each guest, often in a different form, and partaking of what they offer. The movement of the film is essentially the passing of the gifts from one guest to another as they advance into a state of transpersonal ecstasy. Anger's compositions are highly formal and painterly, seducing the viewer with the spectacle of the sumptuous costumes and adopting a colour palette of an aggressively theatrical beauty, reminiscent of Powell's Tales of Hoffmann (1951). The final part of the film is an orgiastic vision of the ritual's consummation, with fast cutting, multiple superimpositions including images of magical symbols and the presence of fire hinting at an apocalyptic destiny for those involved. Even if Anger's films are mute, it would be inaccurate to think of them as silent—his use of music is never less than vitally important and frequently deeply impressive. In this case Janacek's Glagolitic Mass adds to the rapturous imagistic grandeur of Anger's ritual.

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/dir...s/03/anger.html

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Anger's Pleasure Dome Remix by Stone Bar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ekwH7tsuU

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Some Films By Kenneth Anger