![]() ![]() ![]() A review in the New York Times famously stated: "If a book such as this can be said to have charm, it lies in the fact that here is a book without one single redeeming merit." In my opinion, nothing could be further from the truth.ĭuring my visit to LA to interview Kenneth, his name kept popping up seemingly at random. ![]() Within days it was banned and pulled from bookstores until a new edition was printed in 1975. ![]() Six years after its initial publication in France, the book was released in the US in 1965. And before the existence of societal scourges like People, TMZ, and Us Weekly, it was much easier for famous people to get away with sordid deeds. Some critics have cast doubt on claims made in the book, but who are they to say they know better? They weren't there. Kenneth also wrote Hollywood Babylon and Hollywood Babylon II, books that detailed hushed celebrity scandals from the silent-film era through the late 60s. Much of his work-especially Rabbit's Moon, Scorpio Rising, Kustom Kar Kommandos, Lucifer Rising, and Mouse Heaven-runs along a twisted continuum of American iconography, societal norms, and belief. I wanted to speak with Kenneth because, as I see it, he has transfigured the Hollywood aesthetic into some of the most emblematic and striking short films ever made. Whether or not I've been doomed is still unclear, but regardless, I got what I came for. ![]()
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