Matthew Barney, deft artist behind five-part visual masterpiece The Cremaster Cycle, takes wind once more with a new documentary entitled River of Fundament, a loosely based allegory on two-timing Pulitzer Prize winner Norman Mailer's Ancient Evenings.
You might recall, BAM premiered the film at its very own Harvey Theater. Barney's work follows the traditional techniques of narrative cinema, coupled with Norman Mailer's hypersexual tale of Egyptian gods, juxtaposed alongside the rise and fall of the American automobile industry.
A mouthful, yes, but the film did not disappoint. Beginning as a 2007 project, Barney incorporates his drawings, sculptures, performance art and hallmark rearranging as a central component to the style of the movie.
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