Invocation of my demon brother

Duration: 10

Year Published: 1969

Creator: images, Kenneth Anger ; sound, Mick Jagger.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Anger, Kenneth, direction, cast.; Jagger, Mick, music.; Beausoleil, Bobby, cast.; Bialy, Harvey, cast.; Hacker, Speed, cast.; Kandol, Lenore, cast.; La Vey, Anton Szandor, 1930-1997, cast.; Leuven, Van, cast.

Description: No date or credits other than those in the statement of responsibility appear on film. Information supplied from: Kenneth Anger's own description quoted in Visionary film / P. Adams Sitney.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; PFA 1604-19-1219. Restricted: Not for research use.; Sitney, P. Adams. Visionary film. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979, p. 128-135; Curtis, David. Experimental cinema. New York: Universe Books, 1971, p. 129; Rowe, Carel. "Illuminating Lucifer," in The avant-garde film: a reader of theory and criticism. New York: New York University Press, 1978, 1p. 115- 118; Kenneth Anger; Bobby Beausoleil; Harvey Bialy; Speed Hacker; Lenore Kandol; Anton Szandor La Vey; Van Leuven; Timothia; William.; Filmed in San Francisco, California.; The Shadowing forth of Lord Lucifer, as the Powers gather at a midnight mass.; Three orbs appear before the main title. The film proper begins with a close-up of Anger standing before a star- patterned backdrop. He gazes at a naked man reclining on a divan. Appropriated footage of soldiers leaping from a helicopter is cut in. Implying that war is a ritual like any other, the next scene shows young people passing around a marijuana cigarette and playing instruments. A robed figure appears in smoke, waving a wand. A close-up of a spider tattoo is shown, then a ritual with a ram's head and magick symbols is performed. A man dressed as a devil enters the ceremony, followed by footage of men in leather jackets (a group of Hell's Angels). The Nazi flag is used in the ceremony. People in costumes and robes playing instruments walk down a staircase. This is followed by quick cuts of Mick Jagger performing at a concert before a wild throng--a rock concert can be a ritual like any other. The film ends with a naked young man standing, arms outstretched, with a spiral projected on his body. The soundtrack throughout the film consists of manipulated white noise, sounding at times like gunfire or a siren.; PFA 1604-19-1219. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (390 ft.) (11 min.) : opt sd., col. ; 16 mm. triacetate print. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 19 Dec 1992; splices; scratches; Good condition: many continuous and extreme scratches throughout; three tape splices (at 83 ft., 29 fr.; 207 ft., 15 fr.; and before three-orb logo at end); color good; appropriated soldier section is magenta, but that is probably in the original

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE