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.

Director: Matthew Barney

Cast:Dave Bald Eagle , Milford Graves , John Buffalo Mailer , Ellen Burstyn , Maggie Gyllenhaal , Madyn Greer Coakley , Paul Giamatti , Joan La Barbara , Stephen Payne , Aimee Mullins , Matthew Barney , Jennie Knaggs , Eugene Perry , Herbert Perry , Brennan Hall , Shara Nova , Elaine Stritch , Lila Downs