The Cool School + Scorpio Rising + Kustom Kar Kommandos

Unclassified 18+
Morgan Neville, 86 mins, USA, 2008, Digital Betacam. Courtesy: Madman Entertainment.

The Cool School
The Cool School
Narrated by Jeff Bridges, this is the definitive record of the Ferus Gallery which gave rise to the modern art scene on the American West Coast.

Endlessly fascinating, Neville's film offers a comprehensive overview of the numerous personalities and artworks contained in ACMI's exhibition, Dennis Hopper and the New Hollywood.

"A spirited riposte to the groundless cliché that Los Angeles is a cultural wasteland" The Hollywood Reporter

Screens with two shorts by Kenneth Anger. Child star and author of the juicy star expose Hollywood Babylon, Anger's name has been synonymous with Hollywood for over sixty years.


Scorpio Rising
Scorpio Rising
Kenneth Anger, 28 mins, 1964, USA, Courtesy of UCLA Film Archive

Kenneth Anger's leather-clad "scorpion demons" roar on screen in a new 35mm print!


Kustom Kar Kommandos
Kustom Kar Kommandos
Kenneth Anger, 3 mins, 1965, USA, Courtesy of UCLA Film Archive

A hot young man buffs a custom hot rod to the omnipresent sounds of Dream Lover.

 
Dates   Thu 3 Dec 2009, 7pm
    No Longer Available
 
 
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