Title: Magick Lantern Cycle
Starring: Various
Released: 25th May 2009
SRP: £22.99 (DVD £24.99 (BD)

Further Details:
The BFI has announced the DVD and Blu-ray release of Magick Lantern Cycle for the 25th of May, priced at around £22.99 and £24.99 respectively. Both releases include the short films Fireworks (1947), Puce Moment (1949), Rabbit's Moon (1950/1971, the rarely seen 16 mins version), Eaux d'Artifice[i/] (1953), [i]Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome[i/] (1954), [i]Scorpio Rising (1964), Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965), Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969), Rabbit's Moon (1979) and [i]Lucifer Rising[i/] (1981). A list of all confirmed bonus material can be found below, along with the artwork.

• Newly recorded commentaries by Kenneth Anger
• The Man We Want to Hang (2002) – Anger’s film on the art of Aleister Crowley
• Restoration work demo
• Anger Me (2006) – Elio Gelmini’s portrait of Kenneth Anger
• Illustrated booklet containing Modesty and the Art of Film (1951), an original article by Kenneth Anger; The Crowned and Conquering Child (2008), a newly commissioned essay by author Gary Lachman; and film credits

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