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Vintage double-weight oversize photograph of directors Donald Cammell, Dennis Hopper, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Kenneth Anger at a press shoot arranged by Anger in 1970. Annotations on the verso in the hand of photographer Myriam Gibril, identifying subjects. A remarkable group photograph of four seminal counterculture figures at the height of their powers. In the hopes of raising funds for his planned film "Lucifer Rising," Anger arranged a film screening in his basement apartment, accompanied by a press shoot with a number of prominent directors, including Cammell, Hopper, and Jodorowsky. The stunt proved successful, helping Anger convince the National Film Finance Corporation to give him £15,000. The resultant filmstarring Cammell as the god Osiriswould be completed two years later, in 1972. Photographer Myriam Gibril was romantically linked to Cammell for a period of time. She also appeared in Anger's "Lucifer Rising" in the role of Isis. 11 x 8.5 inches. Fine.