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Begotten (1991)
★ 5.9 · 348 ratings on TMDB
The extraordinary first film from the director of Shadow of the Vampire.
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
DirectorE. Elias Merhige
The emergence reading
Begotten keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing faith, mortality, family, tradition, otherness.
zero-distanceUSfaithmortalityfamilytraditionotherness
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