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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.
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...
- christopher.knight@latimes.com
- Art Critic
Sep 16, 2015 · “River of Fundament” finds both sweet spots, centering on Mailer’s deeply carnal version of Egyptian cosmology in which the dead seeking reincarnation must pass through a river of feces — a...
Feb 12, 2014 · The film was inspired by Norman Mailer’s 1983 novel, Ancient Evenings, set in ancient Egypt and invested in stages of reincarnation that come after death. The story would not seem to be eminently filmable. But River of Fundament is not exactly a film.
Sep 16, 2015 · I sat through two hours of Matthew Barney’s River of Fundament, a six-hour film and namesake of the exhibit currently on view at the Geffen Contemporary at MoCA in Los Angeles, California....
- Sway Benns
Dec 3, 2015 · An interview with artist Matthew Barney and composer Jonathan Bepler on their film River of Fundament.
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Jul 3, 2014 · Thing Number 1: River of Fundament is a film. You experience it by sitting in a theatre and watching a recorded piece of cinema. As Matthew Barney explained at the start of Sunday’s British premiere, the auditorium has to be dressed according to composer Jonathan Bepler specifications for the soundscape to function as intended.
