River Of Fundament (2014)

River Of Fundament is Matthew Barney's sprawling avant-garde epic, a five-hour ritualistic odyssey loosely spun from Norman Mailer's "Ancient Evenings," blending performance art, opera, and dense mythological imagery into something closer to a fever dream than a conventional film. Maggie Gyllenhaal appears amid the chaos, lending her name to a production far removed from typical Hollywood fare. The site carries 1 scene from this challenging work, capturing a rare nude scene from an actress better known for grounded dramatic roles taking a walk on cinema's experimental edge.