Cremaster 5
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Matthew Barney
Michelle Ingkavet
Gergely Kaposi
Ursula Andress
Matthew Barney
Mei-chiao Chiu
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
As an opera plays, the Queen of Chain sings and executes the grand gestures of romantic suffering while contemplating an empty stage. During the performance, she is accompanied by a series of characters. The first is the Diva, an androgynous acrobat who shinnies up a flowering vine and dangles upside down when he reaches the top. Another, called the Magician, is a swashbuckling equestrian who bends down from his horse to give the Queen a farewell kiss. From her theater box, the Queen is able to peer through a hole in the floor into a Turkish bath in which another ritual unfolds, involving water nymphs and a third primary figure, the Giant, a sea god with plastic body extensions who slowly wanders into the pool and becomes immersed. As the nymphs swim around him, they cut white ribbons attached to his crotch, releasing a flock of pigeons that pull at him as he wades deeper into the water.
Director
Matthew Barney
Cast
Michelle Ingkavet
Gergely Kaposi
Ursula Andress
Matthew Barney
Mei-chiao Chiu
Kim Nghiem
Amy Chiang
Yoko Kuroiwa
Joanne Rha
Susan Rha
Crew
Zsolt Balaska
Jeno Banyai
Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney
Gabe Bartalos
Gabe Bartalos
Jonathan Bepler
Timothy J Davey
Mary Farley
Avram Finkelstein
Avram Finkelstein
Barbara Gladstone
Regina Harris
Alexis Van Hurkman
Gergely Kaposi
Linda Labelle
Mary Mcculloch
Grant Mcglashan
Daniel Mcnamara
Jason Ortenberg
Paul Pisora
Chelsea Romersa
Matthew Ryle
Peter Stietmann
Matthew Wallin
Robert Wogan
Karen Young
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in England March 1998
Released in United States Fall October 22, 1997
Released in United States October 22, 1997
Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival (Special Event) March 18-28, 1999.
Shown at Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah January 16-23, 1998.
This film is the third "Cremaster" to be made in director Matthew Barney's planned series of five. After Barney finishes numbers two and three, all five will be shown at the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York City in the year 2000.
color
Dolby Digital
rtg MPAA NONE
Released in United States Fall October 22, 1997
Released in United States October 22, 1997 (Film Forum; New York City)
