![]() ![]() In this exclusive commentary video, Matthew Barney reflects on the making of “River of Fundament.” Passing from death to rebirth via a river of excrement. The story is introduced by his grandson and his Ka (spirit double), who pull a debauched all-nighter, while ![]() ![]() Team, twin baritones, a porn star, a contortionist, a wailing chorus and Aimee Mullins, the double-amputee actress, athlete and former Alexander McQueen model who appeared with Barney in the third chapter of his epic, “TheĪ master of the opulent grotesque, Barney immerses all of them in the mythology of ancient Egypt - as imagined by Norman Mailer in his sexually twisted, 1983 historical novel, “Ancient Evenings.” Set inġ290-1100 B.C., the book follows a nobleman on a lusty, 700-page journey to an afterlife reserved for pharaohs. The actors Paul Giamatti, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ellen Burstyn and Elaine Stritch share top billing in a cast of hundreds, with supporting roles filled by a step-dancing Titled “River of Fundament” and initially conceived as an opera, the film runs a stately five and a half hours, has an inventive score by Barney’sĬollaborator, Jonathan Bepler, and took seven years to complete. Leave it to Matthew Barney to come up with a zombie movie musical. The artist Matthew Barney gave up the idea of being a plastic surgeon to study art at Yale. ![]()
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