Books like Anger: The Unauthorized Biography Of Kenneth Anger

Although best known for his sadistic artsy tabloid-like Hollywood history book "Hollywood Babylon," Kenneth Anger also happens to be one of the greatest auteur filmmakers America has ever produced. Inspired by filmmakers as diverse as French surrealist poet Jean Cocteau and Soviet montage propagandist Sergei Eisenstein, Kenneth Anger was able to create an auteur signature that has been known to hypnotize audiences. I know that he is one of my personal favorite directors. Mainstream directors like Martin Scorsese have openly admitted that Kenneth Anger was a huge influence on their own brand of filmmaking, yet Mr. Anger is far from a household name. Kenneth Anger also happened to be an Occultist who followed in the footsteps of Aleister Crowley, on top of being friends with Anton LaVey. Anger also happened to use Manson Family killer Bobby Beausoleil as an actor and songwriter for his films. Kenneth Anger also worked with Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones and attempted a creative relationships with a very drugged out Jimmy Page. One ccould say that Kenneth Anger has managed to engulf himself in all the "Dark" areas of pop culture, but this comes as no surprise when finding out the personal details on Anger's angry life in "Anger: The Unauthorized Biography of Kenneth Anger."Anger was so Angry with the unauthorized biography written about him that he put a Magick (emphasis on the Crowley spelling) curse on it's author Bill Landis. "Anger: The Unauthorized Biography of Kenneth Anger" is not so much a anti-Anger bio, but a honest objective (as objective as they get) biography that details both Anger's flaws and strengths. The biography makes it very clear that Kenneth Anger is a man known for burning many bridges, something he has done his whole life. This started with his family and continued with basically every other relationship Anger had throughout his life. For those that cannot look past the "Anger Mythos" and realize Kenneth Anger really is a flawed human being, this may be an offensive biography. For those that want an honest account of Kenneth Anger's life, this is the book to read. My only complaint is that it is fairly short, but with a secretive man like Kenneth Anger, that is to be expected.