River of Fundament
310 mins
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.
Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle
Norman III
Madyn G. Coakly
Hathfertiti
Jennie Knaggs
Nephthys
Eugene Perry
Set
Brennan Hall
Horus
Shara Nova
Lieutenant Worden
Terrell Howard
R&B Singer
Belita Woods
Blues Singer
Lucy Sante
Wake Guest
Lawrence Weiner
Wake Guest
Art Baron
Wake Ensemble
Peter Strietmann
Director of Photography
Matthew D. Ryle
Production Design
Mike Bellon
Producer
Jonathan Bepler
Original Music Composer