River of Fundament
17 reviews
Drama/Fantasy
5h 10m
2014
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...
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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.
- DirectorMatthew Barney
- Release12 February 2014
- Genre
- Duration5h 10m
- Budget$5,000,000
- Revenue$44,840
- Rate17 reviews
- Productions
Cast

Milford Graves
Norman II

John Buffalo Mailer
Norman I

Ellen Burstyn
Hathfertiti

Maggie Gyllenhaal
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

Elaine Stritch
Eulogist

Lila Downs
Ranchera Singer

Lila Downs
Priest / REN Manager

Debbie Harry
Singing Wake Guest

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

Salman Rushdie
Wake Guest

James Toback
Wake Guest

Zeena Parkins
Wake Ensemble

Sam Nivola
Kidsroom Ensemble
