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  1. 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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  2. 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.

  3. 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 of...

  4. Sep 26, 2015 · The exhausting wreckage and smashed residue of modern life, especially as it unfolded in 20th century industrial America, is one key to “River of Fundament,” the gaudy three-act movie and...

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  5. Mar 4, 2014 · River of Fundament is often a commanding, engaging and certainly challenging experience. Nevertheless, by the end of the piece I felt deliberately alienated, and to a nearly infuriating degree. Read More. By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW. 40. The Hollywood Reporter. Feb 27, 2014.

  6. 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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  8. 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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