He Hit Me and It Felt like a Kiss
Kenneth Anger and Pop Music

20/02/07  Heinrich Deisl

For young video artists such as Doug Aitken, he can do no wrong. Kenneth Anger, American filmmaker, with Stan Brakhage and Maya Deren one of the three greats of American independent cinema, has been active for almost 60 years. He made films with leather queens before anyone knew what a leather queen was. Anger is considered the ultimate father of the video clip because he was the first to use pop music as a filmsoundtrack. Heinrich Deisl spoke with the 80-year-old filmdirector about his interest in music, the occult and contemporary political reality. A musical portrait on this great magician of light.

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