Cremaster 1 (1996)

An experimental short film from the Cremaster series which alludes to the position of the reproductive organs during the embryonic development process.

Director:

Matthew Barney

Writer:

Matthew Barney

Stars:

Marti Domination, Gemma Bourdon Smith, Kathleen Crepeau

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Marti Domination	...	Goodyear
Gemma Bourdon Smith	...	Goodyear Hostess in the Green Lounge
Kathleen Crepeau	...	Goodyear Hostess in the Green Lounge
Nina Kotov	...	Goodyear Hostess in the Green Lounge
Jessica Sherwood	...	Goodyear Hostess in the Green Lounge / Goodyear Chorus Girl
Tanyth Berkeley	...	Goodyear Hostess in the Red Lounge
Miranda Brooks	...	Goodyear Hostess in the Red Lounge
Kari McKahan	...	Goodyear Hostess in the Red Lounge
Catherine Mulchahy	...	Goodyear Hostess in the Red Lounge
Brooke Albus	...	Goodyear Chorus Girl
Sara Bearce	...	Goodyear Chorus Girl
Celeste Bolin	...	Goodyear Chorus Girl
Amanda Byram	...	Goodyear Chorus Girl
Holly Carlock	...	Goodyear Chorus Girl
Erin Caskey	...	Goodyear Chorus Girl

Storyline

An experimental short film from the Cremaster series which alludes to the position of the reproductive organs during the embryonic development process.

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Plot Keywords:

experimental short | independent short | first of series | grape | art | 

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Genres:

Short | Fantasy | Musical

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

The Cremaster Cycle

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 July 2005 (France)

Also Known As:

Кремастер

Filming Locations:

Bronco Stadium - 1400 Bronco Lane, Boise, Idaho, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,778

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

40 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Spoofed in Creamistress 6: 'The Centered Polenta' (2003)

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Soundtracks

Orchidella
by P. Dennis

User Reviews

7/10

It's a bit difficult to look at this film, because it's hard to figure out what it is. At first you think it's rife with symbolism, that useless tactic that can be "figured out" and then explained as great movie-making. But the way Barney forces us through long, long takes -- silent -- I think is intended to make us evaluate the images not as symbols but simply as images, and that's a lot more artistically credible, to my mind. Yes, Barney has offered up his explanation of the film as being some visual allegory of gonads and whatnot, but I think that's really only interesting from a little joke perspective. The importance of the movie is in the way it resists explanation. It's hypnotic in its way -- you could watch the dancers on the football field emulate the grape formations in the blimps above all day.

There are some really strange images we see, the women picking out grapes from underneath a table, or the molds of Vaseline atop them. But Barney isn't much of a filmmaker (there is very simple editing, and the film looks as if it was filmed in the '70s); he's an artist who happens to be using film as his medium at the moment. For this reason the film doesn't feel alive as a film -- it is cinematic, a succession of moving static images, but it's really just a bunch of posing. From the smoking fashion models and from Barney. 7/10