Bjork, Hisashi Fujita, Matthew Barney

Shot in Nagasaki Bay on board the Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru. The relationship between self-imposed resistance and creativity, a theme that symbolically tracks through the construction and tra...( read more  read more... )nsformation of a vast sculpture of liquid vaseline, called 'The Field', which is molded, poured, bisected and reformed on the deck of the ship over the course of the film. Barriers hold form in place, and when they are removed, the film tracks the descent of form into states of sensual surrender and formal atrophy. This shift in the physical state of the sculpture is symbolically mirrored through the narrative of the guests, two occidental visitors to the ship.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 15 min.

Directed by: Matthew Barney

Release Date: March 29, 2005

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  • September 24, 2008
    Pretty pictures at 24fps. And Ronit hates it! All you could want in a movie except plot and characterization.
  • September 1, 2008
    bjork and matthew are a wonderful couple. wonderful scenary, soundtrack, idon'tmindwhati'mseeingit'stoostunningtothink <3
    wales + harakiri = worth watching
  • June 25, 2008
    Incredibly and beautifully complex. Don't expect a 'spoon feeding' literal plot. Watch it ten times over if you want.. don't bother deciphering the various "this and thats" throughout the film.. null.
  • June 18, 2008
    love the worj of matthew barney, the restraint series, the inability for an artist to express her/his self freely ......
  • December 30, 2006
    Why have I never heard of this? Bjork, sweetheart, did you lose my email address?
  • December 10, 2006
    Extremely boring. Do not bother watching, absolute waste of time.
  • December 5, 2006
    The beauty is beyond comparison.
  • October 7, 2006
    Beautiful soundtrack.
  • May 27, 2006
    I pirated it. Uh...beautiful images, but what the hell?

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May 18, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

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  • moorje
    November 2, 2006
    Seeing as this film is only available as a touring art installation, how many people have ACTUALLY seen it and not just slagging it off because they don't want to understand art?

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