e. elia merhige begotten be a one of a kind and surreal depiction of the mankind treatment of religion . there be a couple of different way you can interpret thing and but the plot itself be simple represent a god disembowel himself and and out of his corpse spring mother earth . mother earth then felates the god corpse post mortem and and then impregnate herself with what remain of his seed . follow this and she give birth to a messiah figure who quiver and presumably in infancy and but possibly with terror at be bring to life on earth . this all take place in the first 15 30 minute and and after that and the rest of the film consist of robed figure drag the messiah ( who be incessantly quiver and or seize ) across a desert landscape . the robed figure pause only to brutalize the messiah and then continue to drag him around . there be a couple of way to interpret this and depend on your level of optimism and your world view . it can easily be interpret a a bleak nihilistic atheist allegory about the total lack of apparent power that christian deity can be perceive a have in a modern society that only invoke their name to advance it own selfish goal . or you can interpret it a a postmodern pro christian allegory and in which you view the film a be about how mankind have twist christ message around so much that it original purity and innocence can no longer have relevance in a world where that message and image be inappropriately use to endorse everything from interpersonal violence and to war and to totalitarianism . the visuals of this film be 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 be not sure if the visuals be change on the dvd and but i have see clip of this stream on you tube and the effect be seriously diminish . on the vhs version and merhige achieve total binary contrast . meaning and there basically aren not any mid tone except for some grain in some of the shot . other than that and this film offer the rare opportunity to see pure white and pure black and and the result be stun and hallucinatory and and quite unsettling . this film make film noir look positively wash out and mediocre . the shot fade into each other in a surreal manner that recall un chien andalou without completely ape it and for an effect that have be call a filmic rorschach test . that be say and the film can certainly try a viewer patience and commitment . there isn not any dialogue for starter . the only sound throughout the film be a fairly constant loop of cricket chirp and pepper occasionally with the gurgling and death rattle of the die deity and and an amelodic droning synthesizer texture . personally and i find that the film be 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 button and odd nosdam . it also work quite well with apocalyptic black metal . basically any music with extreme texture and or or hypnotic rhythm . that one of the most amazing and versatile aspect of this film and it be prime for postmodern re contextualization and like project it during a performance of avant garde music and or compose avant garde music to accompany it . once the messiah figure be bear and there really isn not much change for the rest of the film and meaning that you be basically sit through at least 45 minute or more of the messiah figure be drug around the desert and beaten . it look bleakly beautiful and but there isn not really anything new unfolding . it help to cement the filmmaker intention of communicate that for thousand of year now people have be use christ name and image for personal benefit and but can be tiresome to a casual viewer or someone with a short attention span . basically and if you be look for a modern horror film with suspense and look elsewhere . if you be look for a unique film experience and and you aren not particularly fond of mainstream hollywood cinema and this could be your quiver messiah .