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Shown in the suitably opulent surroundings of the London Coliseum by the ENO, which has undertaken screenings since its loss of public funding, River of Fundament is the rarest of beasts: a phantasmagorical opera on film, dense with recondite knowledge and mythic horrors, that cost millions of dollars to make.
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...
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- Ellen Burstyn
- Matthew Barney
- Drama
310 mins More at IMDb TMDb. 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
In RIVER OF FUNDAMENT, spirits are depicted as crossing a large river of shit. If their souls are strong enough to conquer it, they will be reborn in the next life. John Buffalo Mailer, the son of American novelist Norman Mailer, appears in the film and takes this journey down the River of shit in honor of his father.
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.
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- Drama, Music
- Matthew Barney
- 2014-02-12
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Anton Bitel Projected Figures. Though certainly challenging in its exuberant obscurity, its forbidding length and its transgressive offence, River...
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