Another item from the old news department but I managed to see Matthew Barney’s “Drawing Restraint 9″ at SF MOMA last year. And while I dug the parts of the “Cremaster Cycle” that I had seen previously it did seem like the whole theme of transformation through cetacean mutation through mutilation might be close to jumping the shark. I mean if it weren’t for the Village Voice review I think I might have thought I was being overly critical:
http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0613,halter,72681,20.html
By way of spoilers this movie does have Bjork taking a bath and Barney getting an unexpected and unflattering hair cut. There is also a long tea ceremony and some stuff about whales. Of course with Barney’s sketch on the wall of SF MOMA about situation, condition and production then it’s a lot more intelligible.
May 5, 2007 at 5:56 am
Just keep in mind it is often the case that whale symbolism is difficult to interpret:
http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2006/03/10/News/Smiling.whale.Graffiti.Brings.Frowns.To.Ua.Police-1683773.shtml
May 6, 2007 at 4:05 am
Last thing I want to do is see a movie about whales – but thanks for the movie review.
May 6, 2007 at 4:17 am
Yeah I’m not crazy about whaling movies either but hey it has a happy ending so I think it’s not all bad. I wonder what the deal was with those lemons in the bathtub?