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Review: River of Fundament Matthew Barney’s latest magnum blow-out is a six-hour filmed opera of Norman Mailer’s Ancient Evenings: “phantasmagorical, recondite… abject, magical and often gorgeous.”
River of Fundament. 2014. Directed by Matthew Barney. Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings.
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- Matthew Barney
Tomatometer 4 Reviews 83% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings. Writer Norman Mailer reincarnates three times in three bodies by magically entering the womb of his wife. Reviews Cast & Crew Photos...
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- Ellen Burstyn
- Matthew Barney
- Drama
Feb 12, 2014 · The powerful pharaoh Usermare evokes the spirit of Ernest Hemingway and engages Norman’s three incarnations in a struggle for dominance. In a parallel narrative, River of Fundament replaces the body of Norman with the body of an automobile in the American landscape.
- Matthew Barney
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- Dave Bald Eagle
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Feb 12, 2014 · But River of Fundament is not exactly a film. It draws on a series of site-specific performances and elaborate happenings—live actions related to the project date back as far as 2007—and all of them, however cinematically presented in the end, fit as sensibly within the traditions of theater and opera.
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Feb 12, 2014 · 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.
