

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.
Norman III
Norman II

Norman I

Hathfertiti

Hathfertiti

Hathfertiti
Ptah-Nem-Hotep

The Widow of Norman

Usermare

The Ka of Norman / Isis

The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers

Nephthys
Set
Set
Horus
Lieutenant Worden
Eulogist

Ranchera Singer

Priest / REN Manager

Singing Wake Guest

R&B Singer
Blues Singer
Garage Manager

Wake Guest

Wake Guest

Wake Guest

Wake Guest

Wake Guest

Wake Guest

Wake Guest

Wake Guest

Wake Guest

Wake Guest
Wake Guest

Wake Guest
Wake Ensemble

Wake Ensemble
Kidsroom Ensemble

Kidsroom Ensemble
