Films: Arabesque for Kenneth Anger

Arabesque for Kenneth Anger

USA, 1961, 4 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subject: Avant Garde/Experimental
Language: English

DIRECTOR: Marie Menken
Principal Cast: 

Says Menken, “these animated observations of tiles and Moorish architecture were made as a thank you to Kenneth for helping me shoot another film in Spain.”

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