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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.

2014 |5h 10m |  Drama, Fantasy

Videos

Cast

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Milford Graves

Norman II

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John Buffalo Mailer

Norman I

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Ellen Burstyn

Hathfertiti

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Maggie Gyllenhaal

Hathfertiti

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Paul Giamatti

Ptah-Nem-Hotep

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Joan La Barbara

The Widow of Norman

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Aimee Mullins

The Ka of Norman / Isis

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Elaine Stritch

Eulogist

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Lila Downs

Ranchera Singer

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Lila Downs

Priest / REN Manager

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Debbie Harry

Singing Wake Guest

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Bobbi Starr

Garage Manager

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Suzanne Bertish

Wake Guest

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Dick Cavett

Wake Guest

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Fran Lebowitz

Wake Guest

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Cinqué Lee

Wake Guest

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Larry Holmes

Wake Guest

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Salman Rushdie

Wake Guest

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English, Portuguese

Budget

$5,000,000.00

Revenue

$44,840.00