River of Fundament
Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler created an opera-film hybrid based on Norman Mailer's "Ancient Evenings." It combines live performances and filmed scenes, following reincarnations through rivers of waste and car transformations.
- Runtime
- 5h 19m
- Released
- 2014
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 2014
Storyline
Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler created an opera-film hybrid based on Norman Mailer's "Ancient Evenings." It combines live performances and filmed scenes, following reincarnations through rivers of waste and car transformations.
Top credits
Dave Bald Eagle — Norman III- Milford Graves — Norman II
John Buffalo Mailer — Norman I
Ellen Burstyn — Hathfertiti
Did you know
• Maggie Gyllenhaal's real milk is seen on-camera, being freshly squeezed by her out of her right breast with no body-double, the only time a celebrity releases her real milk straight from her breast in a movie.
• Alexa Swinton's debut.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $44,840
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $9,938 (2015-12-06)
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Technical specs
- Color
- Color
