Compilation/Packaged Set: The Complete Magick Lantern Cycle
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Nine films grouped together that form the basis of Anger's reputation as one of the most influential independent filmmakers in cinema history.

Disk 1
Eaux D'artifice
Fireworks
Inauguration Of The Pleasure Dome
Puce Moment
Rabbit's Moon (1950)

Disk 2
Invocation Of My Demon Brother
Kustom Kar Kommando
Lucifer Rising
Rabbit's Moon (1979)
Scorpio Rising

Links: Jim Clark's +Review of the Magic Lantern Cycle

Magick Lantern Trailer

Fireworks
Fantoma Films (1947)
Adult, Drama, Queer Themes/Interest, Short
In Collection
#707
6*
Seen It:  Yes
(10/4/2016 Home)
IMDB   7.1
20 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1
Kenneth Anger Dreamer
Gordon Gray First Sailor
Bill Seltzer Second Sailor
Director/Choreographer
Kenneth Anger
Writer/Composer Kenneth Anger


Fireworks revolves around a young man (played by Anger himself) associating with various navy sailors, who eventually turn on him, stripping him naked and beating him to death, ripping open his chest to find a clock ticking inside. Several fireworks then explode, accompanied by a burning Christmas tree and the final shot shows the young man lying in bed next to another topless man.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Location Personal Library - The Complete Magic Lantern Cycle
Owner Deitz
Links ‡ YouTube: Full Movie
‡ Wikipedia
Fireworks at Core for Movies
TheMovieDb.org
IMDB

Notes
Said to depict a dream sequence about the brutal rape and torture of Anger himself (as a teenager) by a group of sailors on the street (after trying to pick one of them up) -- The film's eroticism is mild by today's standards -- But Anger was apparently arrested on obscenity charges following the release of the film -- The California Supreme Court declared the film to be art.