The goddess Diana and her two attendants traverse the rugged terrain of Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains in pursuit of the elusive wolf. An Engraver (Matthew Barney) furtively documents their actions in copper engravings and provokes a series of confrontations. The characters communicate through dance, letting movement replace language as they pursue each other and their prey.
Cinematography
Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains shot like alien cathedral.
Practical Effects
Actual copper engravings forged on camera, because of course.
Director
Matthew Barney
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Barney trained for months in backcountry survival; cast members suffered hypothermia during river shoots.
Part of Barney's 'Cremaster' aftermath: the death of his marriage to Björk and his retreat into pure masculine art-mythology.
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