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River of Fundament (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 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: 2014-02-12
Runtime: 310 min
Rating: 5.9 / 10

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Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle
Norman III
Milford Graves
Milford Graves
Norman II
John Buffalo Mailer
John Buffalo Mailer
Norman I
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn
Hathfertiti
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Hathfertiti
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Madyn G. Coakly
Hathfertiti
Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti
Ptah-Nem-Hotep
Joan La Barbara
Joan La Barbara
The Widow of Norman
Stephen Payne
Stephen Payne
Usermare
Aimee Mullins
Aimee Mullins
The Ka of Norman / Isis
Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney
The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
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Jennie Knaggs
Nephthys
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Herbert Perry
Set
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Eugene Perry
Set
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Brennan Hall
Horus
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Shara Nova
Lieutenant Worden
Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch
Eulogist
Lila Downs
Lila Downs
Ranchera Singer