12/24/2023 0 Comments Matthew barney river of fundament book![]() ![]() ![]() Barney uses three classics from the US automotive industry-the Chrysler “Imperial” of 1967, the 1979 Pontiac “Firebird”, and the Ford “Crown Victoria Police Inceptor” of 2001-to represent the three lives of the protagonist. On account of Hathfertiti’s failure, the final reincarnation was a failure. The basic plot: after Norman (the protagonist of the novel, Menenhetet I, has been replaced by Norman Mailer himself in the film) dies, ceremonies of mourning are held Norman’s deceased spirit returns home from the river of excrement, which must be traversed before reincarnation, in order to help the spirit medium Hathfertiti so that he can complete his third reincarnation. Taking Norman Mailer’s 1983 novel Ancient Evenings as its narrative thread, the film fashions a multi-layered filmic work from the story of the protagonist’s rebirth in Mailer’s novel, the story of Osiris in Egyptian mythology, the boat crossing the river of the afterlife in the Egyptian Book of the Dead, and the historical narrative of American industrial society. “River of Fundament”, an operatic, five-hour-long film created by Matthew Barney in 2014, was presented in Asia for the first time last September it is known in translation as Chongsheng zhi He- literally “River of Rebirth -which is believed to be the film’s subject. This piece is included in Ran Dian’s print magazine, issue 5 (Spring 2017) ![]()
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