Review of Begotten (1991) by Zebulon R — 17 Jan 2012
A nightmarish masterpiece of endless suffering portrayed in an beautifully artistic fashion. Visually it is like a rorschach test - many visuals are hard to make out due to the extreme contrast this film uses. There are hardly any frames with gray - it's just pitch black and white and oddly enough this makes everything seem all the more nightmarish.
This debut by director E. Elias Merhige (well-known for Shadow of a Vampire) is not a film to be missed, because it is a true work of beautiful, yet disturbing, art. He shows us that he has a certain artistic eye that shows things that are considerably normal looking, but through his editing and contrasted visuals look all the more bizarre (and when bizarre things are actually happening on camera they look totally surreal).
This film may prove shocking to some, but will definitely prove disturbing to most. It's not a film you'll ever forget, because simply seeing it is an intense experience.
This review of Begotten (1991) was written by Zebulon R on 17 Jan 2012.
Begotten has generally received mixed reviews.
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