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Cremaster 3
Vintage Chryslers collide over the lobby of the Chrysler Building in a balletic demolition derby, a woman cuts up potatoes wearing shoes with blades attached to the soles, a man on an operating table has a tiny wheel instead of a penis, a bevy of beauties enjoy a bubble bath at the Guggenheim Museum--all this and more is on display in Matthew Barney's 182-minute picture show about power, impotence, and violence in American culture. It completes a series of five "Cremaster" films and videos that have made Barney an art world darling. While elegant, it's also bloated and pompous: the absence of any cinematic "basics"--compositions that interact on plastic and rhythmic levels--may explain why few people acquainted with the history of avant-garde film consider Barney a major figure. |
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