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Begotten (1989)

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Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 6
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1989 Wide

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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. Astounding and baffling critics and audiences alike, BEGOTTEN was named one of the Ten Best Pictures of 1991 by Time Magazine. Time's Richard Corliss wrote: "Nobody will get through BEGOTTEN without being marked... BEGOTTEN is a spectacular one-of-a-kind (you wouldn't want there to be two), filmed in speckled chiaroscuro so that each image is a

Unrated, 1 hr. 18 min.

Drama, Horror, Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Cult Movies

Directed By: E. Elias Merhige

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1989 Wide

On DVD: Feb 20, 2001

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Critic Reviews for Begotten

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)

Plays too much like an earnest repertory-theater group going through various bizarro configurations.

December 30, 2002 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

A passion play that wavers between amateur-hour incompetence and an undeniable directorial vision.

June 10, 2002 Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com

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Jeremy Heilman

MovieMartyr.com

I have said 'I have never seen anything like it' about other films, but it has never applied to something so entirely alien as this.

February 28, 2002 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

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Brilliant experimental feature, truly shocking and original.

September 7, 2001 Full Review Source: Wired

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Phil Hall

Wired

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God takes the shape of a woman and guts herself with a scalpel while breathing like Michael Myers then shits herself and we get to watch shit run down her leg for 3 minutes? how the hell could the world's most gifted filmmaker possibly show a scene after that and shock us?

February 18, 2010

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God disembowels himself with a straight razor, among other metaphysical atrocities in this nearly narrativeless 70 minute experimental feature where each frame of film has been painstakingly transformed and distressed to create a starkly beautiful chiaroscuro universe. A very hard film to rate; a successful, if

June 20, 2009