is perhaps Kenneth Anger's most stylistically and
thematically complex film. Intertwining a sincere devotion
to biker culture with a campy take on the power of various
outsider iconographies, Scorpio Rising is a less personal
than Fireworks but equally concerned with symbols of
gay sexual desire and their interrelation with seemingly
mainstream American culture. It is also a film with
enormous influence across the spectrum of moving image
production, from music videos to "art" filmmakers like
Martin Scorsese, Gus Van Sant, and David Lynch.
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