DramaFantasy

River of Fundament

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.

Release Date : 2014-02-12

Language :EnglishPortuguese

Adult : false

Status : Released

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Production Country : United States of America

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Cast

Character Name : Norman III

Original Name : Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Norman II

Original Name : Milford Graves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Norman I

Original Name : John Buffalo Mailer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hathfertiti

Original Name : Ellen Burstyn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hathfertiti

Original Name : Maggie Gyllenhaal

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hathfertiti

Original Name : Madyn G. Coakly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ptah-Nem-Hotep

Original Name : Paul Giamatti

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Widow of Norman

Original Name : Joan La Barbara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Usermare

Original Name : Stephen Payne

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Ka of Norman / Isis

Original Name : Aimee Mullins

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers

Original Name : Matthew Barney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nephthys

Original Name : Jennie Knaggs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Set

Original Name : Herbert Perry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Set

Original Name : Eugene Perry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Horus

Original Name : Brennan Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant Worden

Original Name : Shara Nova

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eulogist

Original Name : Elaine Stritch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ranchera Singer

Original Name : Lila Downs

Gender : Female

Character Name : Priest / REN Manager

Original Name : Lila Downs

Gender : Female

Character Name : Singing Wake Guest

Original Name : Debbie Harry

Gender : Female

Character Name : R&B Singer

Original Name : Terrell Howard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blues Singer

Original Name : Belita Woods

Gender : Male

Character Name : Garage Manager

Original Name : Bobbi Starr

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wake Guest

Original Name : David Amram

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wake Guest

Original Name : Suzanne Bertish

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wake Guest

Original Name : Dick Cavett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wake Guest

Original Name : Jeffrey Eugenides

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wake Guest

Original Name : Fran Lebowitz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wake Guest

Original Name : Cinqué Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wake Guest

Original Name : Larry Holmes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wake Guest

Original Name : Jonas Mekas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wake Guest

Original Name : Salman Rushdie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wake Guest

Original Name : Lucy Sante

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wake Guest

Original Name : James Toback

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wake Guest

Original Name : Lawrence Weiner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wake Ensemble

Original Name : Zeena Parkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wake Ensemble

Original Name : Art Baron

Gender : Male

Reviews

pimpskitters

@pimpskitters

2024-02-29

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 all, but plan to re-watch some time in the future and see if the parts i liked and disliked swap places. Lots of themes going on, can probably write endlessly on this movie. Some of the best cow drumming I have ever seen.