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#05 - I'M YOUR PUPPET: The Sorcerous Sinema of Kenneth Anger

Subliminal Jihad

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The Spookiness of Mickey Mouse

John Paul Getty was apparently a huge patron of Kenneth anger and after he died. He complained about not being able to make any movies, but one of the movies that he did make for him was this mouse heaven. Mickey Mouse himself is kind of a trick. He's like trickster sort of minstrelie almost figure. There's definitely like an occultic take on Mickey Mouse here. In fact, at one point, I believe he's even holding a red ruby in the way that some of the maggots type characters are.

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