Cremaster 3 (2002)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Matthew Barney

Writer:

Matthew Barney (writer)

Release Date:

25 May 2003 (Iceland)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The third film of a five-part art-installation epic -- it's part-zombie movie, part-gangster film.

Plot Keywords:

Racetrack | Sequel | Abstract Art | Chrysler Building New York City | Cremaster Cycle

Cast

Richard Serra	...	Hiram Abiff
Matthew Barney	...	The Entered Apprentice
Aimee Mullins	...	The Entered Novitiate / Oonagh MacCumhail
Paul Brady	...	Cloud Club Maitre D'
Terry Gillespie	...	Cloud Club Barman
Mike Bocchetti	...	Grand Master
David Edward Campbell	...	Grand Master
James Pantoleon	...	Grand Master
Jim Tooey	...	Grand Master
Nesrin Karanouh	...	Gary Gilmore
Peter Donald Badalamenti II	...	Fionn MacCumhail (as Peter D. Badalamenti)
The Mighty Biggs	...	Fingal
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Heather Coker	...	Dancer
James Drescher	...	Lead Singer - Murphy's Law
Todd Christian Hunter	...	Mason (as Todd Hunter)
Joseph P. McDonnell	...	Master Mason
Roger Miret	...	Lead Singer - Agnostic Front
Courtney Patton	...	Principal dancer
Alexandra Sawyier	...	Dancer
Tara Stiles	...	Principal Dancer
Sofie Zamchick	...	Baby Giant (singing voice)

Runtime:

182 min | UK:179 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hungary:14 | Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Chrysler Building - 405 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Glacier Field LLC

Goofs:

Continuity: After the teeth have begun to exit the Apprentice's prolapsed intestine, there is an overhead shot of the hitmen standing around the Apprentice on the dentist's chair. The view of the intestine is slightly blocked by the back of one of the hitmen, but as he shifts from side to side, the teeth are nowhere to be seen.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Creamistress 6: 'The Centered Polenta' (2003) (V)

And don't forget to stop in the museum's gift shop as you leave the theater

Curiosity seekers… seek no more. Pretentious and `arty' could describe it… but I have to say I thought some very good work went into the production design and music. Less such into the "story". It's the top of the Matthew Barney pyramid of art films, culminating in a three hour orgy of celtic mythology, masonic legend, truly retch inducing reverse dental surgery, hardcore punk bands, beautiful models with masonic symbol pasties, double amputee model Aimee Mullins as a catwoman and with clear acrylic prosthetic legs, artist Richard Serra tossing molten vaseline against the walls of the Guggenheim, a sojourn up the elevator shafts of the Chrysler Building, a demolition derby in same's lobby… shall I go on? All the above said, the movie is still truly what it advertised itself to be. The same couldn't be said of many truly awful commercial films, i.e., "Gods and Generals" or "Gigli." You get the broken promises of entertainment and/ or involving historical drama. With C3, you get a chariot race with zombie horses, covered in blankets with the `Cremaster 3' crest emblazoned on them. And don't forget to stop in the museum's gift shop as you leave the theater. Thank you.