Din of Celestial Birds

United States

2006

14 Min

Black and White

English

Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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PROD Brooks Branch, E. Elias Merhige

DP E. Elias Merhige, David Wexler

MUSIC Ben Gillespie, David Wexler

‘Din of Celestial Birds’’ is a short film created by Q6, an evolving collective of philosophers and artists. The film begins with the phrase “hello and welcome … do not be afraid … be comforted … remember … our origin…” and proceeds to depict the first violent formation of matter from nothingness. Then, after a hyper-accelerated trip through the evolution of life and the earth, the film culminates in the birth of a embryonic pseudo-humanoid that reaches to some unknown source. –David Wexler

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 He regards literature and drama as once-needed forms which are past their time and which have been superseded by film.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