Kenneth Anger (A Film by Kenneth Anger) SERGE GAINSBOURG Back then it was straight-ahead

Back then it was straight-ahead nightlife: loud music

The Anvil was a defining space of the post-Stonewall era

a meeting point

its grand opening record-spots

and even celebrity drop-ins like Andy Warhol drifted through its doors

Kenneth Anger (A Film by Kenneth Anger) SERGE GAINSBOURG Back then it was straight-aheadA Film by Kenneth Anger Underground Cinema Tee (1960s1970s) Few figures shaped underground film and queer visual culture as profoundly as Kenneth Anger. Beginning in the 1940s and reaching cult status in the 60s and 70s, his short filmsFireworks, Scorpio Rising, Lucifer Rising, Invocation of My Demon Brotherblended homoerotic imagery, occult symbolism, pop music, and ritual into a new cinematic language that felt forbidden, hypnotic, and fiercely