Begotten (1989)

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1. 

   Litso

   The first few minutes kinda shocked me, but then it became a throbbing indistinguishable mess. Horrible movie. 12 years 5 months ago
2. 

   the3rdman

   Begotten seems to be striking for something fundamental and mythic, but falls short a bit. Some moments are a bit silly and pretentious. On the whole the mythic tone of the film was too classical in nature to be of much interest to me personally. The "Son of Earth" is heavily reminiscent of Dionysus, for instance.
   Fundamental cycles of birth, death, rebirth, fertility, are fairly well represented. However, I feel like this filmmaker watched Hart of London and some early Bunuel, and maybe read some Nietzsche for all I know, and failed to create something quite as impressive as those sources. Begotten taps into the more grisly, physical aspects of myth. Bodily fluids abound. It's all too obtuse to be particularly shocking.
   Merhige is, however, very effective at evoking the otherworldly and primeval, one of the film's great successes. Visually it is very striking at times.
   That's about as good a review as this film will ever get from me because I cannot see myself ever watching it again. If any of the above seems of interest to you, you might as well watch it because it only runs a little over an hour. 10 years 9 months ago
3. 

   Torgo

   An unparalleled masterpiece of abstract horror surrealism. Whether you adore it or despise it - this is a movie you will never forget. 13 years 9 months ago

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