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4 February 1972 (Finland)
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An army of gay/nazi bikers make their engines roar and ride the way to pain/pleasure as sexual and sadistic...
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Biker
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Underground Film
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Nazi
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Joe Moe: Horrorwood Babbles On: The Forrest J. Ackerman Tribute
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(From Dread Central. 16 March 2009, 12:40 AM, PDT)
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Gains a certain rhythm
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Cast
(Cast) | 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 (uncredited) (archive footage) |
| John Palone | ... | Pinstripe (uncredited) |
| Barry Rubin | ... | Fall Guy (uncredited) |
| Johnny Sapienza | ... | Taurus (uncredited) |
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The bedroom in which the biker "Scorpio" (Bruce Byron) is seen, beginning with the "You Look like An Angel" sequence, was that person's actual apartment in Manhattan, which was full of Siamese cats. Kenneth Anger just brought in some lights and filmed whatever was there, just as it was. Byron owned a little black-and-white TV set which was switched on while Anger was filming, and the Marlon Brando motorcycle-gang movie The Wild One (1953) was actually playing on the television at the time, something that Anger has called a "magical coincidence." He filmed some images of the movie playing on the television, and later cut them into his own film.
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Features The Pilgrimage Play (1949)
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My Boyfriend's Back
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Homoerotic bikers, nazism, suicide, 50's/60's pop songs, Jesus, pulp cartoons, mustard, and quite a bit of leather, i.e. everything I look for in a movie. This had me questioning "This Kenneth Anger guy achieved notoriety?" at the first 3 minutes, but by the end, the whole thing gained a certain rhythm and I began to understand what it was trying to do. This is for fans of experimental underground/midnight cinema, anyone else I would recommend staying far away.
As for the guy below who claims this inspired Martin Scorsese, Calvin Klein commercials and Michael Bay...Okay, Martin Scorsese, yes, to an extent. Calvin Klein commercials...maybe. Michael Bay? What? If the comment was sarcasm, than I accept you as an evil genius, otherwise you might belong in an asylum. Although I guess you could argue his last two movies are far more depraved than Scorpio Rising.