Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:15 pm Posts: 25452 Location: Under my wing like Sanford & Son Gender: Male
I heard about the Cremaster Cycle after Cremaster 3 was finished, but have never had the opportunity to view the films, aside from a short trailer. The films and accompanying sculptures, photographs, and drawings are all the symbolic vision of sexual differientation as seen by Matthew Barney, who conceived basically every aspect of everything conerning the Cremaster Cycle, as well as starring in the films. Only a short film from Cremaster 3 has been released on DVD, although a 528 page tome has been issued that details the entire cycle. All I know is the imagery of both film and sculpture is among the most stunning I've ever seen.
Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:23 pm Posts: 6165 Location: Mass
I read an article in the Boston Globe about this when the last one was released (3 I think). It sounded like a bunch of pretentious bullshit, but if that's so I'd probably enjoy it
I really know nothing about it. I remember a description of some scene with The Gughenheim Museum and Vaseline, but I forgot the whole deal.
The Cremaster is the muscle that raises and lowers the testicles.
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:15 pm Posts: 25452 Location: Under my wing like Sanford & Son Gender: Male
ericd102 wrote:
I read an article in the Boston Globe about this when the last one was released (3 I think). It sounded like a bunch of pretentious bullshit, but if that's so I'd probably enjoy it
I really know nothing about it. I remember a description of some scene with The Gughenheim Museum and Vaseline, but I forgot the whole deal.
The Cremaster is the muscle that raises and lowers the testicles.
Pretentious or not, look at some of those movie stills and tell me they aren't incredible.
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Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:54 pm Posts: 2111 Location: Los Angeles, CA Gender: Male
I haven't seen it, but I want to. I also want to see Barney's new one, "Drawing Restraint 9," for which his girlfriend, Björk, composed the soundtrack.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:49 am Posts: 2186 Location: Sundbyberg, Sweden
What a coincidence. I just recently downloaded a torrent of this. I found Cremaster 1 to be interesting, though very hard to understand (I won't pretend that I did) and maybe even a bit lacking in some regards, but I think Cremaster 2 is an improvement. I haven't watched 3-5 yet, though I will.
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