Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon part 1

Profile of Kenneth Anger, looking at the uproar his books on Hollywood scandals caused and journeying through the darker side of Hollywood's history, including film clips, and Anger playing a guide with comedian Mike McShane playing the God of Hollywood. It also includes a look at some of Anger's own work.

Film historian Kevin Brownlow has repeatedly criticized the book, citing Anger as saying his research method was, "Mental telepathy, mostly."

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[HolandesFrito]

What about the intro song?

[bananimalistic]

@HolandesFrito

The intro song is "Another Green World" by Brian Eno, it's from the album of the same name.

You should give the whole album a listen, you won't regret it. it's here on youtube.

[launwatch]

@Substantive64 Jayne Mansfield did die in a crash, BUT it was only her wig that flew off NOT her head.

[hairypolack]

@ZigZagWoman

yeah I wonder if thats one of his early gigs

[gregoryisawsome]

FUCK! i want the book

[romeosdistress]

@ENEMENCIO123VISION True, certainly - I've lived in San Francisco before but that's the only part of the West Coast I could ever survive - definitely not LA, I don't think.

[ENEMENCIO123VISION]

@romeosdistress well, its really hard to say . i guess its a little of both. but i think thats anywhere you go.

[romeosdistress]

The guy playing DWG looks nothing at all like him... he was a skinny guy.. I'm not being mean but that guy would have done better playing Fatty Arbuckle

[romeosdistress]

@ENEMENCIO123VISION the place or the industry?

[ELECTRICCLOCK]

@launwatch Absolutely true........

[itkapatanka]

0.38; wow Sunset and Crescent Heights (Chateau Marmont on the left) ...so few cars in 1976!

[ENEMENCIO123VISION]

hollywood is a giant pile of shit...

[fardaypu]

it was proved ten years ago that glen miller the band leader died in a French brothel, of heart failure.yet every year its still reported he went missing over the ocean.isnt the myth better than the truth some times?ps insert Glenn miller jokes here...eg he was found in the nude .dah dah da dym