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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

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Emanuel Levy

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Jamie Russell

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Jon Popick

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Anton Bitel

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 02 2004 05:09 PM

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Anita Schmaltz

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: | comment Comment | Jan., 14 2004 09:04 AM

Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

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2/4

Ian Waldron-Mantgani

The endurance test of the Cremaster series.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 22 2003 02:07 AM

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2/4

Phil Villarreal

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 30 2003 03:36 PM

Arizona Daily Star

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Rich Cline

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 22 2003 01:45 PM

Shadows on the Wall

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Christopher Null

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Todd R. Ramlow

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Neil Kendricks

Personifies experimental filmmaking pushed to new extremes.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 29 2003 06:10 PM

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Lisa Kennedy

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: | comment Comment | Aug., 01 2003 08:09 AM

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 25 2003 02:00 PM

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Tom Maurstad

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: | comment Comment | Jul., 24 2003 08:42 PM

Dallas Morning News

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Marc Savlov

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: | comment Comment | Jul., 16 2003 05:16 PM

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