Invocation of My Demon Brother
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Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969) is an 11 minute film directed, edited and photographed by Kenneth Anger
. The music was composed by Mick Jagger
playing a Moog Synthesizer
. It was filmed in San Francisco at the Straight theater and the (former) Russian Embassy.
According to Kenneth Anger, the film was assembled from scraps of the first version of Lucifer Rising
. It includes clips of the cast smoking out of a skull, and the publicly-filmed Satanic
funeral ceremony for a pet cat.
Invocation of My Demon Brother won the tenth Film Culture
award for Kenneth Anger.
Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger is an American underground experimental filmmaker, occasional actor and author...
. The music was composed by Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
playing a Moog Synthesizer
Moog synthesizer
Moog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...
. It was filmed in San Francisco at the Straight theater and the (former) Russian Embassy.
According to Kenneth Anger, the film was assembled from scraps of the first version of Lucifer Rising
Lucifer Rising (film)
"Lucifer Rising" is a short film by director Kenneth Anger. The film was completed in 1972 but was only widely distributed in 1980.-History:Anger began filming around 1966, hiring a young musician named Bobby Beausoleil to act and compose the soundtrack. The film was abandoned in 1967 because Anger...
. It includes clips of the cast smoking out of a skull, and the publicly-filmed Satanic
Satanism
Satanism is a group of religions that is composed of a diverse number of ideological and philosophical beliefs and social phenomena. Their shared feature include symbolic association with, admiration for the character of, and even veneration of Satan or similar rebellious, promethean, and...
funeral ceremony for a pet cat.
Invocation of My Demon Brother won the tenth Film Culture
Film Culture
Film Culture was an American film magazine started by Adolfas Mekas and his brother Jonas Mekas in 1954, and is now defunct. It is best known for exploring the avant-garde cinema in depth, but also published articles on all aspects of cinema, including Hollywood films.Past contributors include...
award for Kenneth Anger.
Cast
- Speed Hacker- Wand bearer
- Kenneth Anger- Magus
- Lenore KandelLenore KandelLenore Kandel was an American poet.Kandel was briefly notorious as the author of a short book of poetry, The Love Book...
- Deaconess - Bill "Sweet William" Fritsch- Deacon
- Van Leuven- Acolyte
- Harvey BialyHarvey BialyHarvey Bialy is an American molecular biologist and AIDS denialist. He was one of the signatories to a letter to the editor by a group of AIDS denialists calling themselves the Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV-AIDS Hypothesis...
and Timotha Bially- Brother and Sister of the Rainbow - Anton LaVeyAnton LaVeyAnton Szandor LaVey , born Howard Stanton Levey, was the founder of the Church of Satan as well as a writer, occultist, and musician...
- His Satanic Majesty - Bobby BeausoleilBobby BeausoleilRobert Kenneth "Bobby" Beausoleil is a convicted American murderer and associate of the Charles Manson "Family" who is serving a life sentence. He killed music teacher and fellow associate Gary Hinman on July 27, 1969, and has been imprisoned since his arrest for that crime...
- Lucifer