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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Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle as Norman III
Milford Graves as Norman II
John Buffalo Mailer as Norman I
Ellen Burstyn as Hathfertiti
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Hathfertiti
Madyn G. Coakly as Hathfertiti
Paul Giamatti as Ptah-Nem-Hotep
Joan La Barbara as The Widow of Norman
Stephen Payne as Usermare
Aimee Mullins as The Ka of Norman / Isis
Matthew Barney as The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
Jennie Knaggs as Nephthys
Herbert Perry as Set
Eugene Perry as Set
Brennan Hall as Horus
Shara Nova as Lieutenant Worden
Elaine Stritch as Eulogist
Lila Downs as Ranchera Singer
Lila Downs as Priest / REN Manager
Debbie Harry as Singing Wake Guest
Terrell Howard as R&B Singer
Belita Woods as Blues Singer
Bobbi Starr as Garage Manager
David Amram as Wake Guest
Suzanne Bertish as Wake Guest
Dick Cavett as Wake Guest
Jeffrey Eugenides as Wake Guest
Fran Lebowitz as Wake Guest
Cinqué Lee as Wake Guest
Larry Holmes as Wake Guest
Jonas Mekas as Wake Guest
Salman Rushdie as Wake Guest
Lucy Sante as Wake Guest
James Toback as Wake Guest
Lawrence Weiner as Wake Guest
Zeena Parkins as Wake Ensemble
Art Baron as Wake Ensemble
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