Begotten

Year: 1989

Runtime: 72 mins

Director: E. Elias Merhige

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An avant‑garde debut by the director of Shadow of the Vampire, the film presents a stark, visual creation myth. It dramatizes the brutal slaying of God and the ensuing (re)birth of nature on a desolate, barren world, using stark imagery and experimental narrative to explore cycles of death and renewal.

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