USA 2005

režija/directed by
Matthew Barney

scenarij/screenplay
Matthew Barney

fotografija/cinematography
Peter Strietman

glasba/music
Björk

montaža/editing
Matthew Barney, Christopher Seguine, Peter Strietman, Luis Alvar

zvok/sound
Dave Paterson

igrajo/cast
Matthew Barney, Björk, Mayumi Miyata, Shiro Nomura, Tomoyuki Ogawa, Sosui Oshima

producent/producer
Matthew Barney, Barbara Gladstone

produkcija/production
Restraint LLC

format/format
35mm, barvni/colour

dolžina/running time
145′

prodaja/world sales
Celluloid Dreams
2 Rue Turgot
F-75009 Paris
France
tel: +33 1 49700370
fax: +33 1 49700371
info@celluloid-dreams.com
www.celluloid-dreams.com

festivali, nagrade (izbor)/festivals, awards (selection)
Ghent 2005
Stockholm 2005
Athens 2005
Venice Mostra 2005
Toronto 2005
Berlin 2006
Buenos Aires 2006
Rotterdam 2006

A film by Matthew Barney. Soundtrack by Bjork. At a Japanese oil refinery, a truck loaded with hot petroleum jelly is paraded from the factory to the harbour. The procession, led by animals, is flanked by hundreds of rejoicing Japanese as it arrives abreast an enormous whaling ship where the jelly is pumped into a mould on deck. The ship departs, and during the weeks of the voyage, the mass of petroleum jelly cools. Meanwhile, below deck, a western couple is falling in love as they are served bowls of tea. As the voyage ensues, the tea room slowly fills up with warm fluid. The western couple becomes enveloped in the fluid and slowly transforms. As the ship reaches the Southern Ocean, amongst a backdrop of luminous icebergs we behold the de-moulding of the sculpture…