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 47 years old
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as Hathfertiti |
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Ellen Burstyn
She was 81, now 91 years old
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as Hathfertiti |
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Paul Giamatti
He was 46, now 57 years old
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as Ptah-Nem-Hotep |
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James Toback
He was 69, now 79 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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Debbie Harry
She was 68, now 79 years old
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as Singing Wake Guest |
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Aimee Mullins
She was 38, now 49 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 73 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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Salman Rushdie
He was 66, now 77 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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Jeffrey Eugenides
He was 53, now 64 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 58 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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David Amram
He was 83, now 94 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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Matthew Barney
He was 46, now 57 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 68 years old
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as Wake Ensemble |
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Dick Cavett
He was 77, now 88 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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Lila Downs
She was 45, now 56 years old
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as Ranchera Singer |
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Herbert Perry
He was 44, now 55 years old
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as Set |
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Fran Lebowitz
She was 63, now 74 years old
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as Wake Guest |
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Lila Downs
She was 45, now 56 years old
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as Priest / REN Manager |
River of Fundament Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Matthew Barney as Director. He was 46 (now 57) years old
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Directing |
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Matthew Barney as Writer. He was 46 (now 57) years old
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Writing |
