Begotten

United States

1990

78 Min

Black and White

1.37:1

English, None

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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CAST Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry, James Gandia, Daniel Harkins

God disembowels himself with a straight razor. The spirit-like Mother Earth emerges, venturing into a bleak, barren landscape. Twitching and cowering, the Son Of Earth is set upon by faceless cannibals. —Marty Cassady

Director

E. Elias Merhige

Edmund Elias Merhige, known as E. Elias Merhige, (born June 14th, 1964) is an American film director born in Brooklyn.

Merhige is best known to mainstream audiences for the 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire, and to underground audiences for the cult-classic 1991 film Begotten.

As he says in his audio commentary to the Shadow of the Vampire DVD, Merhige views cinema as the only meaningful art form of the present era. He regards literature and drama as once-needed forms which are past their time and which have been superseded by film. He is also very interested in the occult and the paranormal, and images and themes derived from these traditions suffuse his films.

Merhige currently lives in Los Angeles, California. —Wikipedia

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Muffinhead1985

25Mar13

Alot of sequences in this film turned me on. Any medium which lets you discover how perverse you are should be applauded. As for me. I'm going to reassess my sexual fantasies.

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CarlosEsquives

23Jan13

Curiosa forma de manifestar a la creación mediante una alegoría grotesca. Interesante.

Ankit Baraskar

20Nov12

Excellent experimental camerawork and lighting, very well shot gore sequences and ambient music that fits in perfectly with the oppressively bleak atmosphere.

PolarisDiB

10Nov12

This experimental feature has gained some cult status from reuse of its imagery in Shadow of the Vampire and Marylin Manson videos. Unfortunately it's one of those 'films' that should be seen on film, as the optical-printer post-production effects are based on the emulsion medium itself. Anyway, think a visceral and gory Kenneth Anger: Merhige is a religious relationship to cinema and this is his genesis story.-DiB

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