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Cremaster 4

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The system rushes towards descension despite its resistance to division.

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David N. Butterworth La Movie Boeuf 04/30/2020
2/4
A repetitive and not altogether successful entry in the mind 'n' bum numbing "Cremaster" series. Go to Full Review
Ian Buckwalter DCist 10/11/2010
4.5/10
While the rest of the series is typified by lush, ornate visuals and often gorgeous cinematography, this is the only one that feels slightly amateurish, underfunded, and overly tedious. Go to Full Review
Nick Davis Nick's Flick Picks 05/19/2010
A
Barney's outlandish mise-en-scène, forever emphasizing the organic, the amorphous, the massive, the adhesive, and the fluorescent in quite literal ways, also retains those very qualities in my memory. Go to Full Review
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall 02/02/2004
3/5
Colourful and bewildering, creepy and strange. Go to Full Review
Ian Mantgani UK Critic 02/02/2004
2/4
Fairly straightforward, at least compared to the rest of the cycle... Go to Full Review
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06/28/2013 Excellent avant-garde film. See more 06/14/2012 Oh, yes! Now that's just beautiful. See more 03/18/2012 There are parts of Cremaster 1 which are simple enough to follow; for example, "Goodyear" is controlling the dancers on the football field with her bizarre grape ritual, however after reading the synopsis and discovering the dancers represented fertility and birth, I can't admit to actually being able to identify this in the film. But then, this is Cremaster! See more 12/09/2011 Busby Berkley a la David Lynch with a bit of Stanley Kubrick. Kinda cool. See more 07/18/2011 It's interesting how this takes its name from the cremaster muscle because trying to watch the whole thing was a lot like getting kicked in the nuts. See more 02/19/2011 Visually intriguing and abstract, but disappointingly obtuse, repetitive, and derivative for a real work of art. It is, however, mercifully short. It is not, however, short enough. I'd call it challenging, but that compliment is reserved for something whose meaning isn't mysteriously guarded and ambiguous. See more Read all reviews
Cremaster 4

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Movie Info

Synopsis The system rushes towards descension despite its resistance to division.
Director
Matthew Barney
Producer
Matthew Barney, James Lingwood
Screenwriter
Matthew Barney
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 6, 1995, Original
Runtime
42m