e. elias merhige begotten is a one of a kind and surreal depiction of the mankind treatment of religion. there are a couple of different ways you can interpret things and but the plot itself is simple represent a god disembowels himself and and out of his corpse springs mother earth. mother earth then felates the god corpse post mortem and and then impregnates herself with what remains of his seed. following this and she gives birth to a messiah figure who quivers and presumably in infancy and but possibly with terror at being brought to life on earth. this all takes place in the first 15 30 minutes and and after that and the rest of the film consists of robed figures dragging the messiah (who is incessantly quivering and or seizing) across a desert landscape. the robed figures pause only to brutalize the messiah and then continue to drag him around. there are a couple of ways to interpret this and depending on your level of optimism and your world view. it can easily be interpreted as a bleak nihilistic atheist allegory about the total lack of apparent power that christian deities can be perceived as having in a modern society that only invokes their names to advance its own selfish goals. or you can interpret it as a postmodern pro christian allegory and in which you view the film as being about how mankind has twisted christ message around so much that it original purity and innocence can no longer have relevance in a world where that message and image are inappropriately used to endorse everything from interpersonal violence and to war and to totalitarianism. the visuals of this film are phenomenal and and you will not see anything like it and period. if you can and watch the original vhs release and i recommend it. i am not sure if the visuals are changed on the dvd and but i have seen clips of this streaming on you tube and the effects are seriously diminished. on the vhs version and merhige achieved total binary contrast. meaning and there basically aren not any mid tones except for some grain in some of the shots. other than that and this film offers the rare opportunity to see pure white and pure black and and the result is stunning and hallucinatory and and quite unsettling. this film makes film noir look positively washed out and mediocre. the shots fade into each other in a surreal manner that recalls un chien andalou without completely aping it and for an effect that has been called a filmic rorschach test. that being said and the film can certainly try a viewer patience and commitment. there isn not any dialogue for starters. the only sound throughout the film is a fairly constant loop of crickets chirping and peppered occasionally with the gurgling and death rattles of the dying deities and and an amelodic droning synthesizer texture. personally and i find that the film is best enjoyed listening to experimental industrial music like the instrumental nin remixes from the downward spiral era and more abstract noise or experimental music like fck buttons and odd nosdam. it also works quite well with apocalyptic black metal. basically any music with extreme textures and or or hypnotic rhythms. that one of the most amazing and versatile aspects of this film and it is prime for postmodern re contextualization and like projecting it during a performance of avant garde music and or composing avant garde music to accompany it. once the messiah figure is born and there really isn not much change for the rest of the film and meaning that you are basically sitting through at least 45 minutes or more of the messiah figure being drug around the desert and beaten. it looks bleakly beautiful and but there isn not really anything new unfolding. it helps to cement the filmmakers intentions of communicating that for thousands of years now people have been using christ name and image for personal benefits and but can be tiresome to a casual viewer or someone with a short attention span. basically and if you are looking for a modern horror film with suspense and look elsewhere. if you are looking for a unique film experience and and you aren not particularly fond of mainstream hollywood cinema and this could be your quivering messiah. 
e. elias merhige begotten is a one of a kind and surreal depiction of the mankind treatment of religion. there are a couple of different ways you can interpret things and but the plot itself is simple represent a god disembowels himself and and out of his corpse springs mother earth. mother earth then felates the god corpse post mortem and and then impregnates herself with what remains of his seed. following this and she gives birth to a messiah figure who quivers and presumably in infancy and but possibly with terror at being brought to life on earth. this all takes place in the first 15 30 minutes and and after that and the rest of the film consists of robed figures dragging the messiah (who is incessantly quivering and or seizing) across a desert landscape. the robed figures pause only to brutalize the messiah and then continue to drag him around. there are a couple of ways to interpret this and depending on your level of optimism and your world view. it can easily be interpreted as a bleak nihilistic atheist allegory about the total lack of apparent power that christian deities can be perceived as having in a modern society that only invokes their names to advance its own selfish goals. or you can interpret it as a postmodern pro christian allegory and in which you view the film as being about how mankind has twisted christ message around so much that it original purity and innocence can no longer have relevance in a world where that message and image are inappropriately used to endorse everything from interpersonal violence and to war and to totalitarianism. the visuals of this film are phenomenal and and you will not see anything like it and period. if you can and watch the original vhs release and i recommend it. i am not sure if the visuals are changed on the dvd and but i have seen clips of this streaming on you tube and the effects are seriously diminished. on the vhs version and merhige achieved total binary contrast. meaning and there basically aren not any mid tones except for some grain in some of the shots. other than that and this film offers the rare opportunity to see pure white and pure black and and the result is stunning and hallucinatory and and quite unsettling. this film makes film noir look positively washed out and mediocre. the shots fade into each other in a surreal manner that recalls un chien andalou without completely aping it and for an effect that has been called a filmic rorschach test. that being said and the film can certainly try a viewer patience and commitment. there isn not any dialogue for starters. the only sound throughout the film is a fairly constant loop of crickets chirping and peppered occasionally with the gurgling and death rattles of the dying deities and and an amelodic droning synthesizer texture. personally and i find that the film is best enjoyed listening to experimental industrial music like the instrumental nin remixes from the downward spiral era and more abstract noise or experimental music like fck buttons and odd nosdam. it also works quite well with apocalyptic black metal. basically any music with extreme textures and or or hypnotic rhythms. that one of the most amazing and versatile aspects of this film and it is prime for postmodern re contextualization and like projecting it during a performance of avant garde music and or composing avant garde music to accompany it. once the messiah figure is born and there really isn not much change for the rest of the film and meaning that you are basically sitting through at least 45 minutes or more of the messiah figure being drug around the desert and beaten. it looks bleakly beautiful and but there isn not really anything new unfolding. it helps to cement the filmmakers intentions of communicating that for thousands of years now people have been using christ name and image for personal benefits and but can be tiresome to a casual viewer or someone with a short attention span. basically and if you are looking for a modern horror film with suspense and look elsewhere. if you are looking for a unique film experience and and you aren not particularly fond of mainstream hollywood cinema and this could be your quivering messiah. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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