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Cremaster 5 (1997)
Directed by Matthew Barney
Drama, Music · 55m
CREMASTER 5 is a five-act opera (sung in Hungarian) set in late-ninteenth century Budapest. The last film in the series, it represents the moment when the testicles are finally released and sexual differentiation is fully attained. The lamenting tone of the opera suggests that Barney invisions this as a moment of tragedy and loss. The primary character is the Queen of Chain (played by Ursula Andress). Barney, himself, plays three characters who appear in the mind of the Queen: her Diva, Magician, and Giant. The Magician is a stand-in for Harry Houdini, who was born in Budapest in 1874 and appears as a recurring character in the Cremaster cycle.
Cast
Ursula Andress
Queen of Chain
Matthew Barney
Diva / Giant / Magician
J
Joanne Rha
Queen's Usher / Fudor Sprite
S
Susan Rha
Queen's Usher / Fudor Sprite
A
Amy Chiang
Fudor Sprite
M
Mei-Chiao Chiu
Fudor Sprite
M
Michelle Ingkavet
Fudor Sprite
Y
Yoko Hyun
Fudor Sprite (as Yoko Kuroiwa)
K
Kim Nghiem
Fudor Sprite
Crew
- Director
- Matthew Barney
- Writer
- Matthew Barney
- Director of Photography
- Peter Strietmann
- Original Music Composer
- Jonathan Bepler
- Producer
- Matthew Barney, Barbara Gladstone
Details
- Release date
- 1997-10-24
- Runtime
- 55m
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Original language
- HU
- Spoken languages
- Hungarian
- Countries
- Hungary, United States of America
- Production
- Matthew Barney Productions