River of Fundament

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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.

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Cast

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Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle actor

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Milford Graves actor

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John Buffalo Mailer actor Ellen Burstyn actor Maggie Gyllenhaal actor

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Madyn G. Coakly actor Paul Giamatti actor

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Joan La Barbara actor Stephen Payne actor

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Aimee Mullins actor

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Matthew Barney actor

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Jennie Knaggs actor

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Herbert Perry actor

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Eugene Perry actor

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Brennan Hall actor

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Shara Nova actor Elaine Stritch actor

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Lila Downs actor Debbie Harry actor