River of Fundament (2014)

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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.

GENRES:  Drama • Fantasy • Horror
DIRECTION:  Matthew Barney

Cast & Characters

Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle Norman III
Milford Graves Norman II
John Buffalo Mailer Norman I
Ellen Burstyn Hathfertiti
Maggie Gyllenhaal Hathfertiti
Madyn G. Coakly 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
Jennie Knaggs Nephthys

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