River of Fundament (2014)
319 min
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.
- Release date
- February 12, 2014
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Jonathan Bepler
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Box office
- $44,840
Trailer
Cast
- Dave Bald Eagle as Norman III
- Milford Graves as Norman II
- John Buffalo Mailer as Norman I
- Ellen Burstyn as Hathfertiti
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Hathfertiti
- Madyn Greer Coakley as Hathfertiti
- Paul Giamatti as Ptah-Nem-Hotep
- Joan La Barbara as The Widow of Norman
- Stephen Payne as Usermare
- Aimee Mullins as The Ka of Norman
- Aimee Mullins as Isis
Crew
- Matthew Barney · Director
- Matthew Barney · Writer
- David Grimm · Writer
- Matthew Barney · Producer
- Mike Bellon · Producer
- Jonathan Bepler · Composer
- Peter Strietmann · Cinematographer
- Katie Mcquerrey · Editor
- Jennifer Kern · Casting director
- Susan Shopmaker · Casting director
- Matthew D. Ryle · Production designer