Scorpio Rising (1963)
Directed by Kenneth Anger · Cinematography by Kenneth Anger
28 min24 frames
Music
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What is Scorpio Rising about?
A gang of Nazi bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.
Scorpio Rising is a 1963 American experimental short film shot, edited, co-written and directed by Kenneth Anger, and starring Bruce Byron as Scorpio. Loosely structured around a prominent soundtrack of 1960s pop music, it follows a group of bikers preparing for a night out.
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Who stars in Scorpio Rising?
- Ernie Alloas Joker (uncredited)
- Bruce Byronas Scorpio (uncredited)
- Frank Carifias Leo (uncredited)
Who made Scorpio Rising?
What does the cinematography of Scorpio Rising look like?
Across 24 sampled frames, Scorpio Rising builds its coverage from close-ups, with medium shots carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Kenneth Anger keeps most of it in low-key light. Most of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in most of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Scorpio Rising?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Scorpio Rising (1963) are #0a0708, #2e2b2b, #f5f6f6, #b1b1b1, #747070, #4f6698 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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