![]() ![]() (If you keep this in mind as you view the piece it will be easier to find other clues and make sense of the myriad allusions to anatomical development, sexual differentiation, and the period of embryonic sexual development - including the period when the outcome is still unknown. This keeps the testes warm and protected from injury. ![]() The 'Cremaster' is a muscle that acts to retract the testes. Any review can only hope to touch on the significance of such an event, but a few clues might be of interest, so for what it's worth. ![]() The imagery is at once grotesque, beautiful, challenging, puzzling and stupendous. They are entirely made up of symbols, have only the slimmest of linear plots, and experiencing them leaves you with a sense of awe, of more questions and inspirations than closed-book answers. The Cremaster films are works of art in the sense that the critical faculties you use whilst watching them are ones you might more normally use in, say, the Tate Modern, than in an art house cinema. To give you an idea of the magnitude, it has been suggested that their fulfilment confirms creator Matthew Barney as the most important American artist of his generation (New York Times Magazine). Although they can be seen individually, the best experience is seeing them all together (like Wagner's Ring Cycle) - and also researching as much as you can beforehand. The Cremaster Cycle 9/10 The Cremaster Cycle is a series of five films shot over eight years. ![]()
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