River of Fundament
Drama
Fantasy
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.
2014-02-12
en
Cast
Director
Matthew Barney
Milford Graves as Norman II
John Buffalo Mailer as Norman I
Ellen Burstyn as Hathfertiti
Maggie Gyllenhaal 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 / Isis
Matthew Barney as The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
Elaine Stritch as Eulogist
Lila Downs as Ranchera Singer
Lila Downs as Priest / REN Manager
Debbie Harry as Singing Wake Guest
Bobbi Starr as Garage Manager
David Amram as Wake Guest
Suzanne Bertish as Wake Guest
Dick Cavett as Wake Guest
Jeffrey Eugenides as Wake Guest
Fran Lebowitz as Wake Guest
Cinqué Lee as Wake Guest
Larry Holmes as Wake Guest
Jonas Mekas as Wake Guest
Salman Rushdie as Wake Guest
James Toback as Wake Guest
Zeena Parkins as Wake Ensemble
Sam Nivola as Kidsroom Ensemble
Alexa Swinton as Kidsroom Ensemble
Peter Donald Badalamenti II as Queens and Eunuchs
Karren Karagulian as Plater
Allan Louis as REN Sales Executive
Gabrielle Ryan as Additional Wake Guest
Richard Tanner as REN Sales Executive Singer
Bill Weeden as Additional Wake Guest
Richard Yearwood as REN Sales Executive Singer
Danny Wylde as Queens and Eunuchs