{"id":12785,"date":"2023-05-26T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=12785"},"modified":"2023-05-24T20:04:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T20:04:13","slug":"kenneth-anger-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2023\/05\/26\/kenneth-anger-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Anger Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/05\/kenneth-anger-dead-experimental-filmmaker-hollywood-babylon-1235378258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Deadline<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kenneth Anger Dies: Groundbreaking Experimental Filmmaker And \u2018Hollywood Babylon\u2019 Author Was 96<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/author\/greg-evans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greg Evans<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GDuu-m0-IjQ\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/kenneth-anger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kenneth Anger<\/a>, the experimental filmmaker and author whose work was groundbreaking in its exploration of gay themes and erotica, has died. He was 96.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His death was announced by his gallery, Sprueth Magers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is with deep sadness that we mourn the passing of visionary filmmaker, artist and author Kenneth Anger (1927\u20132023),\u201d the gallery posted on social media. \u201cKenneth was a trailblazer. His cinematic genius and influence will live on and continue to transform all those who encounter his films, words and vision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anger\u2019s films include the 1947\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/fireworks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fireworks<\/a><\/em>, a legendary cinematic achievement in the history of American gay culture and film. He also wrote and published\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hollywood-babylon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hollywood Babylon<\/a>\u00a0in 1959, a book that popularized scandals and pieces of film-land gossip that, while largely discredited over the years, have remained part of Hollywood lore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/05\/kenneth-anger-dead-experimental-filmmaker-hollywood-babylon-1235378258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Deadline<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Deadline Kenneth Anger Dies: Groundbreaking Experimental Filmmaker And \u2018Hollywood Babylon\u2019 Author Was 96 By\u00a0Greg Evans Kenneth Anger, the experimental filmmaker and author whose work was groundbreaking in its exploration of gay themes and erotica, has died. He was 96. His death was announced by his gallery, Sprueth Magers. \u201cIt is with deep sadness that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}