Cremaster 2

Plot Summary

CREMASTER 2 is rendered as a gothic Western that introduces conflict into the system. On the biological level it corresponds to the phase of fetal development during which sexual division begins. In Matthew Barney's abstraction of this process, the system resists partition and tries to remain in the state of equilibrium imagined in Cremaster 1.

Top Cast

Norman Mailer Harry Houdini

Matthew Barney Gary Gilmore

Lauren Pine Bessie Gilmore

Scott Ewalt Frank Gilmore

Patty Griffin Nicole Baker