Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
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Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle
Norman III
Lead
Milford Graves
Norman II
John Buffalo Mailer
Norman I
Ellen Burstyn
Hathfertiti
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Hathfertiti
MG
Madyn G. Coakly
Hathfertiti
Paul Giamatti
Ptah-Nem-Hotep
Joan La Barbara
The Widow of Norman
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Matthew Barney's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. River of Fundament is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
