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.
Credits
River of Fundament Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
She was 36, now 45 years old
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as Hathfertiti |
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Ellen Burstyn
She was 81, now 90 years old
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as Hathfertiti |
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Paul Giamatti
He was 46, now 55 years old
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as Ptah-Nem-Hotep |
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James Toback
He was 69, now 78 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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Debbie Harry
She was 68, now 77 years old
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as Singing Wake Guest |
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Aimee Mullins
She was 38, now 47 years old
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as The Ka of Norman / Isis |
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Stephen Payne
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as Usermare |
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Suzanne Bertish
She was 62, now 71 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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Salman Rushdie
He was 66, now 75 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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Jeffrey Eugenides
He was 53, now 62 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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Jonas Mekas
He was 91, 96 years old when he died
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as Wake Guest |
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Cinqué Lee
He was 47, now 56 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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David Amram
He was 83, now 92 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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Matthew Barney
He was 46, now 55 years old
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as The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers |
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Elaine Stritch
She was 89, 89 years old when she died
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as Eulogist |
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Zeena Parkins
She was 58, now 67 years old
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as Wake Ensemble |
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Dick Cavett
He was 77, now 86 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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Herbert Perry
He was 44, now 53 years old
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as Set |
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Lila Downs
She was 45, now 54 years old
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as Priest / REN Manager |
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Fran Lebowitz
She was 63, now 72 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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Lila Downs
She was 45, now 54 years old
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as Ranchera Singer |
River of Fundament Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Matthew Barney as Director. He was 46 (now 55) years old
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Directing |
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Matthew Barney as Writer. He was 46 (now 55) years old
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Writing |
