River of Fundament (2014)
5h 10m
Running Time
February 12, 2014Release Date
River of Fundament (2014)
5h 10m
Running Time
February 12, 2014Release Date

Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle
Norman III

Milford Graves
Norman II

John Buffalo Mailer
Norman I

Ellen Burstyn
Hathfertiti

Maggie Gyllenhaal
Hathfertiti

Madyn G. Coakly
Hathfertiti

Paul Giamatti
Ptah-Nem-Hotep

Joan La Barbara
The Widow of Norman

Stephen Payne
Usermare

Aimee Mullins
The Ka of Norman / Isis

Matthew Barney
The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers / Director / Writer

Jennie Knaggs
Nephthys

Herbert Perry
Set

Eugene Perry
Set

Brennan Hall
Horus

David Grimm
Writer

Shara Nova
Lieutenant Worden

Elaine Stritch
Eulogist

Lila Downs
Ranchera Singer / Priest / REN Manager

Debbie Harry
Singing Wake Guest

Terrell Howard
R&B Singer

Susan Shopmaker
CastingDirector

Belita Woods
Blues Singer

Bobbi Starr
Garage Manager

David Amram
Wake Guest

Suzanne Bertish
Wake Guest

Dick Cavett
Wake Guest

Jeffrey Eugenides
Wake Guest

Fran Lebowitz
Wake Guest

Cinqué Lee
Wake Guest

Larry Holmes
Wake Guest

Jonas Mekas
Wake Guest
Media.





Details.
Release DateFebruary 12, 2014
StatusReleased
Running Time5h 10m
Budget$5,000,000
Box Office$44,840
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
loss of loved one
gold
opera
idaho
surreal
pregnancy
musical
crow
sculpture
surrealism
avant-garde
modern art
spirtuality
Wiki.
River of Fundament is a 2014 operatic experimental film written and directed by American contemporary artist and filmmaker Matthew Barney, and co-directed by longtime collaborator Jonathan Bepler. It was produced by Barney and the Laurenz Foundation, and is loosely based on American author Norman Mailer's 1983 novel Ancient Evenings. The film features Barney, Dave Bald Eagle, Milford Graves, John Buffalo Mailer, Ellen Burstyn, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Madyn Greer Coakley, Paul Giamatti, Shara Nova, Joan La Barbara, Elaine Stritch, Debbie Harry and Aimee Mullins.
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