River of Fundament

Release Date: 2014-02-12

Overview: Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler, Barney combines traditional modes of narrative cinema with filmed elements of performance, sculpture, and opera, reconstructing Mailer’s hypersexual story of Egyptian gods and the seven stages of reincarnation, alongside the rise and fall of the American car industry.

Rating: 5.9 / 10

Cast

Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle

as Norman III

Milford Graves

as Norman II

John Buffalo Mailer

as Norman I

Ellen Burstyn

as Hathfertiti

Maggie Gyllenhaal

as Hathfertiti

Crew

Peter Strietmann - Director of Photography
Matthew D. Ryle - Production Design
Katie McQuerrey - Editor
Mike Bellon - Producer
Matthew Barney - Writer

Reviews

pimpskitters:

Its not shit. See it if you can. The whole thing is quite long but there is always something new to look at. Some scenes run long, but I suspect this is expected, perhaps intentional. I didn't love it...