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Cremaster 5

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The Queen of Chain (Ursula Andress) sings a mournful aria while watching a past lover (Matthew Barney) leap into the Danube and become transformed.

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Jamie Russell BBC.com Rated: 4/5 Feb 3, 2004 Full Review David N. Butterworth La Movie Boeuf Barney climbs the stage of the Budapest opera house while underwater androgynous faeries attend to the nether regions of a differentiated being in a finale that "defers definitive conclusion." Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 30, 2020 Full Review Ian Buckwalter DCist Some of the richest, most gorgeous imagery of the cycle, much of it taking place in a dark, baroque Budapest opera house. Holds the interest hypnotically, but may seem inconclusive for the concluding segment of such a sprawling work Rated: 7.1/10 Oct 11, 2010 Full Review Nick Davis Nick's Flick Picks 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. Rated: A May 19, 2010 Full Review Ian Mantgani UK Critic Lots of classy dark colours and soaring music... Rated: 2/4 Feb 2, 2004 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Surreal and untouchable and yet it taps into a powerful sense of emotion. Rated: 4/5 Feb 2, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Very rich. Disturbingly mesmerizing. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Nice setting in this operatic instalment of Cremaster, and a known name in the form of Ursual Andress! As with Cremaster 3, there are some impressive climbing scenes from director Matthew Barney. What does it all mean? No idea. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member I was extremely impressed with this film. While Cremaster 4 was just an interesting experiment, this film was beautiful and terribly interesting. Of course, I think the highlight is the Budapest Opera House which was breathataking, I can't believe places like that exist, I would love to visit that sometime in my life. Basically the film is a 50 minute opera, with excellent visuals, music, costume, and editing. Of course, there are more of those crazy pink characters that add more poignancy to the story, but even without them this film would have a strong effect. Unfortunately, I've only seen Cremaster 4 & 5, I'm hoping I'll get to see 1, 2, and 3 in the future, but I can tell that it's an extremely original series that needs to be seen to be believed. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member yup, more weirdness. But hey, that's art I guess. I'd give the cycle as a whole a 3.5 out of 5. Interesting stuff, just not for me. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member My favorite of the 5 Cremaster films. Dark and beautiful. The Bath scenes are breathtaking. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member CREMASTER 5 Por último, no episódio mais lírico, a `rainha` (a ex- bond girl Ursula Undress) canta uma ópera de amor e sacrifício na Ópera de Budapeste enquanto relembra o sacrifício de `seu` mágico amado em plena ponte de Lanchid no sec XIX. A procura da libertação final é visível mas a conclusão do ciclo fica adiada, apesar da descendência fisiológica ser agora uma evidencia e a diferenciação, total, segundo as palavras de Mathew Barney. Impenetrável e provocador, o ciclo `Cremaster` é uma obra que vale a pena descobrir e tentar compreender empregando uma postura , idêntica àquela que temos diante de uma exposição de arte contemporânea. Mas desaconselhável a espíritos pouco pacientes que apenas levam ao cinema o cérebro em `piloto automático`. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The Queen of Chain (Ursula Andress) sings a mournful aria while watching a past lover (Matthew Barney) leap into the Danube and become transformed.
Director
Matthew Barney
Producer
Matthew Barney, Barbara Gladstone
Screenwriter
Matthew Barney
Distributor
Palm Pictures
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 24, 1997, Wide
Runtime
51m