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.
12th February 2014
12 years ago
6 hours 11 minutes
Finishes at 7:54am
$5,000,000 ($6,978,000 today)
Revenue $44,840
5.9/10
56%
59%
58%
The Tales of Hoffmann
Prospero's Books
Synecdoche, New York
Melancholia
Lost Highway
Ray
Dancer in the Dark
Nine Days
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
3 Women
Movie data last updated 3 months ago on 19th June 2026 at 3:30am (BST). Ratings last updated 3 months ago on 18th June 2026 at 3:32am (BST). All film data including images and actor information is provided by the TMDb API, but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb. Film ratings provided by OMDb. IMDb, IMDb.COM, and the IMDb logo are trademarks of IMDb.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All product names, logos, trademarks and brands are property of their respective owners. All company, product and service names used in this website are for identification purposes only. Use of these names, logos, and brands does not imply endorsement.