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 claimed the film footage had been stolen by Beausoleil. (Beausoleil and others said that Anger had simply spent all the money for the film.)
Anger then used some of the existing footage in another short film, Invocation of My Demon Brother. Beausoleil was convicted of killing Gary Hinman under the orders of Charles Manson in 1970.
Anger began filming again several years later, with British singer Marianne Faithfull appearing in the film. Chris Jagger, brother of Mick Jagger, was originally slated for the role of Lucifer but had a falling out with Anger during the filming and most of his parts were excised from the final product. Beausoleil wrote and recorded the music in prison. Aleister Crowley associate Gerald Yorke is credited as "Thelemic consultant."
The original Jimmy Page soundtrack was released in 2012 as Lucifer Rising and Other Sound Tracks.[1]
Cast
- Kenneth Anger - The Magus
- Bobby Beausoleil - Himself
- Donald Cammell - Osiris
- Marianne Faithfull - Lilith
- Myriam Gibril - Isis
- Chris Jagger - Man in Yellow Tunic
Soundtrack album
| Lucifer Rising | |
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| Soundtrack album by Bobby Beausoleil and The Freedom Orchestra | |
| Released | 1981 (CD reissue 2005) |
| Recorded | 1976-1979 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 42:55 |
| Label | Disgust Records |
| Producer | Kenneth Anger |
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
Soundtrack listing
| Lucifer Rising: The Soundtrack Album Side one | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Part I" | Beausoleil | 4:10 | |||||||
| 2. | "Part II" | Beausoleil | 5:57 | |||||||
| 3. | "Part III" | Beausoleil | 5:43 | |||||||
| 4. | "Part IV" | Beausoleil | 1:44 | |||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 5. | "Part V" | Beausoleil | 15:44 | |||||||
| 6. | "Part VI" | Beausoleil | 10:14 | |||||||
Personnel
- Kenneth Anger - liner notes, photos
- Bobby Beausoleil - electric guitar, bass guitar, liner notes, label design, photos
- Toby Dammit - art direction, design
- Steve Grogan - electric guitar
- Richard Sutton - keyboards, Fender Rhodes
- Andy Thurston - drums
- Tim Wills - Fender Rhodes
- Page Wood - poster design
- Michael Moynihan - liner notes (2005 Arcanum reissue)
References
External links
- Lucifer Rising at the Internet Movie Database
- Rotten Tomatoes
- Interview at beausoleil.net
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