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Cremaster 3

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Cremaster 3 (2002)

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Reviews Counted:37

Fresh:23

Rotten:14

Average Rating:6.4/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 3 hrs 2 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:May 15, 2002 Limited

Box Office: $201,251

Synopsis: Giant cavemen stalk the meek through a rear projection landscape. Driverless automobiles smash a predecessor into a chrome mouth piece. Such is the wordless world of Matthew Barney's CREMASTER... Giant cavemen stalk the meek through a rear projection landscape. Driverless automobiles smash a predecessor into a chrome mouth piece. Such is the wordless world of Matthew Barney's CREMASTER series. The five-part epic culminates, oddly enough, in CREMASTER 3, one of a myriad of peculiarities in the avant-garde series that moved from the museum circuit to packed art houses. Intrigue leads to mayhem for taskmasters toiling in a highly stylized Chrysler building. At the forefront is a blue collar man (sculptor Richard Serra) whose work in the immaculate building is rewarded with a horse muzzling, knocking his teeth out. A bizarre operation is performed, replacing his jaw with a chrome implant. While this proletariat's innards seep out, a wayward savage (Barney) appears. Upon proving his worth, he also is bestowed chrome, a medal. A violent conclusion hammers home the idea of man's fruitless search during a chaotic Guggenheim hootenanny complete with a kick line, a nude cheetah lady (double amputee Aimee Mullins), and a war between punk bands Agnostic Front and Murphy's Law. This narrative of Barney's three-hour series finale is less important than juxtaposition and iconography in a film obsessed with medallions, triangular blocks, and the pentagonal Chrysler logo. [More]

Starring: Richard Serra, Aimee Mullins, Nesrin Karanouh, Matthew Barney

Starring: Richard Serra, Aimee Mullins, Nesrin Karanouh, Matthew Barney, Peter Badalamenti, The Mighty Biggs, Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law

Director: Matthew Barney

Director: Matthew Barney
Screenwriter: Matthew Barney
Producer: Matthew Barney, Barbara Gladstone
Composer: Jonathan Belper
Studio: Glacier Field

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Reviews for Cremaster 3

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Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
Variety
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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat

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08/14/05
Emanuel Levy
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02/03/04
Jamie Russell
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02/03/04
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

the longest and last of 'the Cremaster Cycle' is also Barney's crowning masterpiece.

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02/02/04
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette
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01/15/04
Guardian [UK]

Attempting to sum up the scope of Matthew Barney’s epic in a few words is like trying to shove the history of existence through a scrotum-shaped pinhole.

Full Review Source: Metro Times (Detroit, MI) | comment Comment
01/14/04
Anita Schmaltz
Anita Schmaltz
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

The endurance test of the Cremaster series.

Full Review Source: UK Critic | comment Comment
12/22/03
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

6:30 p.m. (Upon the completion of "Cremaster V") - zzzzzz . . .

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
10/30/03
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Extremely accomplished filmmaking that's only in need of an editor. And perhaps a coherent story.

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10/22/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
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09/06/03
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
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08/30/03
Todd R. Ramlow
Todd R. Ramlow
PopMatters

Personifies experimental filmmaking pushed to new extremes.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
08/29/03
Neil Kendricks
Neil Kendricks
San Diego Union-Tribune
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08/01/03
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It is either an unparalleled opportunity to witness the work of an artist proclaimed by some the 'most important American artist of his generation.' Or an obligation to witness the work of the artist etc., etc.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
08/01/03
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
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07/26/03
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

If you're hoping for a movie that makes sense, you're in for 3 very frustrating hours, it jumps from one bizarre 'performance piece' to another.

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07/25/03
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

Trapped in a seat while the three-hour Cremaster 3 goes on (and on), you feel more like a prisoner than a participant.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
07/24/03
Tom Maurstad
Tom Maurstad
Dallas Morning News
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You might doze off from time to time, but what you see when you wake up has the potential to scar you for life.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
07/16/03
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
 
 
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