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. 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.
Director: Matthew Barney
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Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle as Norman III |
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Milford Graves as Norman II |
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John Buffalo Mailer as Norman I |
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Ellen Burstyn as Hathfertiti |
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Maggie Gyllenhaal as Hathfertiti |
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Madyn G. Coakly as Hathfertiti |
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Paul Giamatti as Ptah-Nem-Hotep |
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Joan La Barbara as The Widow of Norman |
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Stephen Payne as Usermare |
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Aimee Mullins as The Ka of Norman / Isis |
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Matthew Barney as The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers |
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Jennie Knaggs as Nephthys |
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Herbert Perry as Set |
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Eugene Perry as Set |
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Brennan Hall as Horus |
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Shara Nova as Lieutenant Worden |
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Elaine Stritch as Eulogist |
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Lila Downs as Ranchera Singer |
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Lila Downs as Priest / REN Manager |
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Debbie Harry as Singing Wake Guest |
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Terrell Howard as R&B Singer |
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Belita Woods as Blues Singer |
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Bobbi Starr as Garage Manager |
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David Amram as Wake Guest |
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Suzanne Bertish as Wake Guest |
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Dick Cavett as Wake Guest |
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Jeffrey Eugenides as Wake Guest |
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Fran Lebowitz as Wake Guest |
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Cinqué Lee as Wake Guest |
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Larry Holmes as Wake Guest |
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Jonas Mekas as Wake Guest |
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Salman Rushdie as Wake Guest |
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Lucy Sante as Wake Guest |
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James Toback as Wake Guest |
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Lawrence Weiner as Wake Guest |
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Zeena Parkins as Wake Ensemble |
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Art Baron as Wake Ensemble |
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Sam Nivola as Kidsroom Ensemble |
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Alexa Swinton as Kidsroom Ensemble |
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Lawrence Schiller as Wake Guest |
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Richard Stratton as Wake Guest |
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Ramon Aleman as Set's Guard |
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Peter Donald Badalamenti II as Queens and Eunuchs |
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Karren Karagulian as Plater |
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Allan Louis as REN Sales Executive |
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Nick McMahon as Police Helicopter Pilot |
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Jill Opal Oliver as KHU Soprano |
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Bryan Papierski as CSI Camera Operator |
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Gabrielle Ryan as Additional Wake Guest |
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Richard Tanner as REN Sales Executive Singer |
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Bill Weeden as Additional Wake Guest |
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Richard Yearwood as REN Sales Executive Singer |
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Danny Wylde as Queens and Eunuchs |
| Directing | Matthew Barney | Director |
| Writing | Matthew Barney | Writer |
| Camera | Peter Strietmann | Director of Photography |
| Art | Matthew D. Ryle | Production Design |
| Editing | Katie McQuerrey | Editor |
| Production | Mike Bellon | Producer |
| Sound | Jonathan Bepler | Original Music Composer |
