Welcome to FYB’s Wednesday WTF Movie featuring the 1990 Gory Experimental Dark Fantasy Horror Film BEGOTTEN by Edmund Elias Merhige (Who also Wrote, Produced, Edited, and Directed the Film). Begotten contains No Dialogue and Mimics the Style of Aged Back-and-White Movies and whose Enigmatic Plot is Drawn from Various Creation Myths. Critics have Identified Several Major Themes in Begotten. According to Historian Scott MacDonald, the Film’s Allegorical Qualities and Purposeful Ambiguity can lead to Multiple Interpretations. In Intervies, Merhige Himself has Acknowledged the He Intentionally Incorporated these Themes into the Film, while also Inviting the Audience to Form Their Own Interpretations as Well.
Brief Plot Summery:
The Film starts inside of a Small Backwood Cabin, a Robbed Figure (Dubbed “God Killing Himself” in the Movies Credits) DISEMBOWELS HIMSELF using a Straight Razor!! After Removing some of His Internal Organs the Character Dies, and Mother Earth Emerges from His MUTILATED REMAINS!! She brings the Corpse to Arousal and Uses His Semen to Impregnate Herself. Time Passes and a Visibly Pregnant Mother Earth wonders off into the Vast and Barren Landscape to Give Birth to a MALFORMED Convulsing Man named Son of Earth. Mother Earth soon Abandons Son of Earth leaving Him to His Own Devices.
After an Untold Period of Time on His Own Son of Earth encounters a Tribe of FACELESS NOMADS who seize Him and take Him Hostage. Upon His Capture Son of Earth begins to Vomit Organic Pieces of God Knows What, which the Faceless Nomad Accept Excitedly as Gifts before throwing Him in a PIT OF FIRE!! Son of Earth is Resurrected by Mother Earth and the Two set off together Continuing across the Harsh and Unforgiving Landscape. Soon the Faceless Nomads catch up to Them Attacking and Murdering Mother Earth before Disappearing into the Wild Wilderness.
A Group of Robed Figures arrive and Carry Away Mother NAture’s MUTILATED and DISEMBOWELED REMAINS, before Returning and Killing Son of Earth by Disemboweling Him as Well. The Robed Group buries pieces of Both Mother of Earth and Son of Earth in the Crust of the Earth. In the Final Scene, Mother Earth and Her Son Appear in a Flashback, this Time Wandering through a Forrest. Enjoy.
WE Hope You Enjoyed this Slice of Experimental Insanity as Much as We Did.
Thanks for Watching,
Presented by Les Sober