Scorpio Rising
- 1963
- 28m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
5.7K
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A gang of Nazi bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.A gang of Nazi bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.A gang of Nazi bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.
- Awards
- 1 win
Ernie Allo
- Joker
- (uncredited)
Bruce Byron
- Scorpio
- (uncredited)
Frank Carifi
- Leo
- (uncredited)
Steve Crandell
- Blondie
- (uncredited)
Johnny Dodds
- Kid
- (uncredited)
Bill Dorfman
- Back
- (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh
- Jesus Christ
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
John Palone
- Pinstripe
- (uncredited)
Barry Rubin
- Fall Guy
- (uncredited)
Johnny Sapienza
- Taurus
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Kenneth Anger(uncredited)
- Ernest D. Glucksman
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- TriviaBruce Byron worked as a motorcycle messenger in Manhattan. His zodiac sign was Scorpio, and so he called himself that, as well as carrying at all times the scorpion amulet which he is seen kissing and holding in the film. The honorable discharge certificate from the United States Marine Corps, on the wall above his bed, was his own, as were all the pictures of James Dean and Marlon Brando, of whom he was a big fan. He is seen reading the Sunday comics section from a newspaper, which really was his favorite thing to read. The newspaper clipping near his bed, with the headline "CYCLE HITS HOLE & KILLS TWO," was about an accident in Times Square that had killed one of his friends. Another friend, who worked in a medical-products factory in New Jersey, had supplied him with the pure methamphetamine powder which he snorts from his fingers during the "Heat Wave" sequence.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Arena: Hollywood Babylon (1991)
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One of the best experimental films ever shot
Kenneth Anger's "Scorpio Rising", set to the tune of thirteen 1960's pop songs, ranks as one of the best films ever shot in the experimental genres, which to some people might translate as the best pile of dog poop ever made, but in terms of visual imagery, context, and use of music, it ranks up there as one of the most important films of the 60's. Kenneth Anger's trademarks (outsider as protagonist, homosexual iconography, pop culture looked at in a different light) are at their most poignant here with most memorable scenes set to 'Blue Velvet", "I Will Follow Him", and "Wipe Out". Also classic is the use of clips from Cecil B. DeMille's "King of Kings" of Jesus and his disciples walking superimposed between shots of gay bikers. A classic piece of Americana.
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- Mar 28, 2006
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- $16,000 (estimated)
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