Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 28 (click to see context) from:
%%* LeFilmArtistique
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* GhostlyGape: God has pitch-black eyes and a wide-open pitch-black mouth.
Changed line(s) 45 (click to see context) from:
* SurrealHorror: Begins with God committing suicide by disembowelment and Mother Earth impregnating herself with his corpse’s semen, ends with a double murder of another Earth and the Son of Earth by the masked nomads, [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]], and the entire thing is a bizarre retelling of the Book of Genesis.
to:
* SurrealHorror: Begins with God (represented as a being with a GhostlyGape) committing suicide by disembowelment and Mother Earth impregnating herself with his corpse’s semen, ends with a double murder of another Earth and the Son of Earth by the masked nomads, [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]], and the entire thing is a bizarre retelling of the Book of Genesis.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 2 (click to see context) from:
to:
[[caption-width-right:280:{{God}}, in the first scene of the film, in the process of disemboweling himself. It only gets worse from there.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: The nomads successfully rape and kill Mother Earth, then kill her son soon after.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath:
** God commits suicide by disembowelment, cutting through his chest with a knife and spilling his blood and organs on the ground.
** Mother Earth is gang-raped by the Nomads, who then mutilate her.
** Son of Earth is killed twice- first, the nomads seize him by his umbilical cord and make him vomit organs, which they accept as gifts, then throw him into a fire pit when he runs out, and then after he is resurrected, the robed figures disembowel him as well.
** God commits suicide by disembowelment, cutting through his chest with a knife and spilling his blood and organs on the ground.
** Mother Earth is gang-raped by the Nomads, who then mutilate her.
** Son of Earth is killed twice- first, the nomads seize him by his umbilical cord and make him vomit organs, which they accept as gifts, then throw him into a fire pit when he runs out, and then after he is resurrected, the robed figures disembowel him as well.
* DownerEnding: GodIsDead, and Mother Earth and Son of Earth are murdered by the nomads.
* DrivenToSuicide: God starts the movie by disemboweling himself. It is never said just what drove him to it.
* DrivenToSuicide: God starts the movie by disemboweling himself. It is never said just what drove him to it.
* ForcedToWatch: The Son of Earth watched helplessly as his mother is raped and brutally killed by the Nomads.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Due to the [[SilenceIsGolden lack of dialogue]], the Nomads do not seem to have a motivation for raping Mother Earth and gruesomely killing her as well as the Son of Earth, nor do they have any real personality. It seems to be an allegory for humanity “raping” the Earth through environmental destruction.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Due to the [[SilenceIsGolden lack of dialogue]], the Nomads do not seem to have a motivation for raping Mother Earth and gruesomely killing her as well as the Son of Earth, nor do they have any real personality. It seems to be an allegory for humanity “raping” the Earth through environmental destruction.
* GreenAesop: The Nomads gruesomely raping and murder Mother Earth and kill her son seems to be an allegory for human destruction of the environment.
* KarmaHoudini: The nomads rape and kill Mother Earth, then kill Son of Earth, and leave the film afterwards, never to be seen again.
Changed line(s) 25 (click to see context) from:
* MalevolentMaskedMen: The nomads are masked.
to:
* MalevolentMaskedMen: The murderous rapist nomads are masked.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 6,7 (click to see context) from:
''Begotten'' is a 1990 [[LeFilmArtistique experimental]] SurrealHorror film written, produced and directed by Creator/EEliasMerhige. The film was shot [[DeliberatelyMonochrome entirely in black-and-white]] with [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]]. The plot, meanwhile, is an [[NightmareFuel utterly nightmarish]] retelling of the Book of Genesis.
to:
''Begotten'' is a 1990 [[LeFilmArtistique experimental]] SurrealHorror film written, produced and directed by Creator/EEliasMerhige. The film was shot [[DeliberatelyMonochrome entirely in black-and-white]] with [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]]. The plot, meanwhile, is an [[NightmareFuel utterly nightmarish]] retelling of the Book of Genesis.
Genesis. It starts with God disemboweling himself, after which Mother Earth rises from his remains and impregnates herself with his semen. Later, she births the Son of Earth and leaves him to his own devices. But a group of masked nomads attack them gruesomely, and the rest of the film shows the resulting struggle.
* BigBad: The [[MalevolentMaskedMen masked nomads]] spend the film hunting down and killing Mother Earth and the Son of Earth.
Changed line(s) 32 (click to see context) from:
* SurrealHorror: Begins with a disembowelment, ends with a double murder.
to:
* SurrealHorror: Begins with a disembowelment, God committing suicide by disembowelment and Mother Earth impregnating herself with his corpse’s semen, ends with a double murder.murder of another Earth and the Son of Earth by the masked nomads, [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]], and the entire thing is a bizarre retelling of the Book of Genesis.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 27 (click to see context) from:
* RuleOfSymbolism: This is the entire premise of the film. All the events happening in the film are meant to represent the events of the Genesis in the Bible, especially with Mother Earth impregnating herself with God's semen. (The latter is supposed to represent God impregnating the Virgin Mary with Jesus.)
to:
* RuleOfSymbolism: RuleOfSymbolism:
** This is the entire premise of the film. All the events happening in the film are meant to represent the events of the Genesis in the Bible, especially with Mother Earth impregnating herself with God's semen. (The latter is supposed to represent God impregnating the Virgin Mary with Jesus.)
** This is the entire premise of the film. All the events happening in the film are meant to represent the events of the Genesis in the Bible, especially with Mother Earth impregnating herself with God's semen. (The latter is supposed to represent God impregnating the Virgin Mary with Jesus.)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minimized_4_6648.jpg]]
Changed line(s) 2,4 (click to see context) from:
-->--'''Opening Text.'''
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minimized_4_6648.jpg]]
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minimized_4_6648.jpg]]
to:
-->--'''Opening Text.'''
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minimized_4_6648.jpg]]text'''
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minimized_4_6648.jpg]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* DoesNotLikeShoes: God, Mother Earth, and Son of Earth are barefoot throughout the whole movie.
Changed line(s) 19 (click to see context) from:
%%* {{Gorn}}
to:
Added DiffLines:
* {{Leitmotif}}: The closest thing to music this movie has is a hollow ambient whenever Mother Earth is present.
Added DiffLines:
* MysticalPregnancy: Mother Earth arouses God's dead body and impregnates herself with his semen. Then she gives birth to an adult man after supposedly a short amount of time.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
''Begotten'' is a 1990 SurrealHorror [[LeFilmArtistique experimental]] film written, produced and directed by Creator/EEliasMerhige. The film was shot [[DeliberatelyMonochrome entirely in black-and-white]] with [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]]. The plot, meanwhile, is an [[NightmareFuel utterly nightmarish]] retelling of the Book of Genesis.
to:
''Begotten'' is a 1990 SurrealHorror [[LeFilmArtistique experimental]] SurrealHorror film written, produced and directed by Creator/EEliasMerhige. The film was shot [[DeliberatelyMonochrome entirely in black-and-white]] with [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]]. The plot, meanwhile, is an [[NightmareFuel utterly nightmarish]] retelling of the Book of Genesis.
Changed line(s) 20 (click to see context) from:
* HopeSpot: After being killed by the nomads, Mother Earth's Son is resurrected by her. Then the nomads come back, then rape and killed her. [[FromBadToWorse Then other guys appear, take her corpse with them, dismember her, kill the son and dismember him too]].
to:
* HopeSpot: After being killed by the nomads, Mother Earth's Son is resurrected by her. Then the nomads come back, then rape and killed kill her. [[FromBadToWorse Then other guys appear, take her corpse with them, dismember her, kill the son and dismember him too]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
''Begotten'' is a 1990 SurrealHorror [[LeFilmArtistique experimental]] film written, produced and directed by Creator/EEliasMerhige. The film was shot [[DeliberatelyMonochrome entirely in black-and-white]] with [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]]. The film is basically a reimagining of the story of the Genesis.
to:
''Begotten'' is a 1990 SurrealHorror [[LeFilmArtistique experimental]] film written, produced and directed by Creator/EEliasMerhige. The film was shot [[DeliberatelyMonochrome entirely in black-and-white]] with [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]]. The film plot, meanwhile, is basically a reimagining an [[NightmareFuel utterly nightmarish]] retelling of the story Book of the Genesis.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* StartsWithASuicide: The film opens with God committing suicide.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
%%* LeFilmArtistique
Changed line(s) 18 (click to see context) from:
* {{Gorn}}
to:
Deleted line(s) 20 (click to see context) :
* LeFilmArtistique
Changed line(s) 22 (click to see context) from:
* MindScrew
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1 (click to see context) from:
-->''"Language bearers, photographers, diary makers. You with your memory are dead, frozen. Lost in a present that never stops passing. Here lives the incantation of matter. A language forever. Like a flame burning away the darkness, life is flesh on bone convulsing above the ground."''
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 2,3 (click to see context) from:
-->-- '''Opening Text'''
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* HopeSpot: After being killed by the nomads, Mother Earth's Son is resurrected by her. Then the nomads come back, then rape and killed her. [[FromBadToWorse Then other guys appear, take her corpse with them, dismember her, kill the son and dismember him too]].
Added DiffLines:
* MalevolentMaskedMen: The nomads are masked.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* GodIsDead: According to the credits, the man who disembowels himself in the opening is named "God killing himself".
Changed line(s) 22 (click to see context) from:
* SilenceIsGolden
to:
* SilenceIsGoldenSilenceIsGolden: There is absolutely no dialog. You can hear some occasional noises.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 23 (click to see context) from:
* SurrealHorror: And how.
to:
* SurrealHorror: And how.Begins with a disembowelment, ends with a double murder.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
-->''"Language bearers, photographers, diary makers. You with your memory are dead, frozen. Lost in a present that never stops passing. Here lives the incantation of matter. A language forever. Like a flame burning away the darkness, life is flesh on bone convulsing above the ground."''
-->-- '''Opening Text'''
-->-- '''Opening Text'''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
NeedsWikiMagicLove.
Added DiffLines:
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: [[invoked]] Pretty much the whole point of the movie.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added line(s) 8 (click to see context) :
A (much shorter) SpiritualSequel, ''Din of Celestial Birds'', was released in 2006.
----
----
Added line(s) 8 (click to see context) :
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: There isn't even a single shade of gray in the movie.
* {{Gorn}}
* LeFilmArtistique
* {{Gorn}}
* LeFilmArtistique
Changed line(s) 8 (click to see context) from:
* SurrealHorror: And how.
to:
* SilenceIsGolden
* SurrealHorror: Andhow.how.
----
* SurrealHorror: And
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BasedOnATrueStory: Kind of; it's based on a near-death experience the producer had when he was nineteen.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 2,3 (click to see context) from:
''Begotten'' is a 1991 SurrealHorror [[LeFilmArtistique experimental]] film written, produced and directed by Creator/EEliasMerhige. The film was shot [[DeliberatelyMonochrome entirely in black-and-white]] with [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]]. The film is basically a reimagining of the story of the Genesis.
to:
''Begotten'' is a 1991 1990 SurrealHorror [[LeFilmArtistique experimental]] film written, produced and directed by Creator/EEliasMerhige. The film was shot [[DeliberatelyMonochrome entirely in black-and-white]] with [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]]. The film is basically a reimagining of the story of the Genesis.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5 (click to see context) from:
* RuleOfSymbolism: This is the entire premise of the film. All the events happening in the film are meant to represent the events of the Genesis in the Bible, especially with Mother Earth impregnating herself with God's semen.
to:
* RuleOfSymbolism: This is the entire premise of the film. All the events happening in the film are meant to represent the events of the Genesis in the Bible, especially with Mother Earth impregnating herself with God's semen. (The latter is supposed to represent God impregnating the Virgin Mary with Jesus.)
** This film also follows the path of at least one arc of Egyptian mythology, with the above event being similar to the story of Isis impregnating herself using the fallen Osiris's penis and giving birth to Horus.
* SurrealHorror: And how.
** This film also follows the path of at least one arc of Egyptian mythology, with the above event being similar to the story of Isis impregnating herself using the fallen Osiris's penis and giving birth to Horus.
* SurrealHorror: And how.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4 (click to see context) from:
!!This film contains the following tropes:
to:
!!This film contains the following tropes:tropes:
* RuleOfSymbolism: This is the entire premise of the film. All the events happening in the film are meant to represent the events of the Genesis in the Bible, especially with Mother Earth impregnating herself with God's semen.
* RuleOfSymbolism: This is the entire premise of the film. All the events happening in the film are meant to represent the events of the Genesis in the Bible, especially with Mother Earth impregnating herself with God's semen.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:280:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minimized_4_6648.jpg]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1 (click to see context) from:
''Begotten'' is a 1991 SurrealHorror experimental film written, produced and directed by Creator/EEliasMerhige. The film was shot [[DeliberatelyMonochrome entirely in black-and-white]] with [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]] and apparently supposed to be a religious commentary.
to:
''Begotten'' is a 1991 SurrealHorror experimental [[LeFilmArtistique experimental]] film written, produced and directed by Creator/EEliasMerhige. The film was shot [[DeliberatelyMonochrome entirely in black-and-white]] with [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]] and apparently supposed to be whatsoever]]. The film is basically a religious commentary.reimagining of the story of the Genesis.
!!This film contains the following tropes:
!!This film contains the following tropes:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1 (click to see context) from:
''Begotten'' is a 1991 SurrealHorror experimental film written, produced and directed by Creator/EEliasMerhige. The film was shot [[DeliberatelyMonochrome entirely in black-and-white]] and apparently supposed to be a religious commentary.
to:
''Begotten'' is a 1991 SurrealHorror experimental film written, produced and directed by Creator/EEliasMerhige. The film was shot [[DeliberatelyMonochrome entirely in black-and-white]] with [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue whatsoever]] and apparently supposed to be a religious commentary.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1 (click to see context) from:
''Begotten'' is a 1991 SurrealHorror film, which was shot entirely in black-and-white and apparently supposed to be a religious commentary.
to:
''Begotten'' is a 1991 SurrealHorror film, which experimental film written, produced and directed by Creator/EEliasMerhige. The film was shot [[DeliberatelyMonochrome entirely in black-and-white black-and-white]] and apparently supposed to be a religious commentary.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
''Begotten'' is a 1991 SurrealHorror film, which was shot entirely in black-and-white and apparently supposed to be a religious commentary.
