Kenneth Anger found Hitler Youth home movies and made something even creepier than you'd expect.
Composed from footage found in the Imperial War museum, London, of Hitler Youth in full swing.
Editing
Anger's jarring cuts turn banal youth camp footage into psychological horror.
Direction
No narration needed — the images indict themselves with sinister clarity.
Director
Kenneth Anger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anger was obsessed with Aleister Crowley and believed cinema was a form of magick; here he treats propaganda footage as raw material for a ritualistic unsettling.
The title translates to 'I Want!' — the Hitler Youth motto, but also Anger's own provocative declaration of desire and artistic appropriation.
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