BEGOTTEN   Director: E. Elias Merhige Year: 1991 Runtime: 78 min. Country: USA Language: NA Color: B&W Format: DVD

Begotten, which has been both praised for its artistic originality and condemned for its gruesomely chilling images, has taken its place as one of the nightmare cult classics of the 90's. Told without dialogue, Begotten opens in an unknown land during an unknown time, where a lonely god disembowels himself with a razor. A new spirit, a goddess full of energy and mystery, arises from the inert remains of the self-immolated god and dances through the woods. Soon the goddess gives birth to a quivering man-child, who is initally revered by a tribe of mysterious hooded figures. "One of the ten most important films of modern times." — Susan Sontag "One of the ten best pictures of the year! Nobody will get through Begotten without being marked... Begotten is a spectacular one-of-a-kind (you wouldn't want there to be two), filmed in speckled chiaroscuro so that each image is a seductive mystery, a Rorschach test for the adventurous eye." — Richard Corliss, Time "Fascinating... seductive... monstrous like some perverse child's dream, nostalgic like a flickering flame -- an altogether unforgettable experience." — Berenice Reynaud, Village Voice THIS FILM CONTAINS GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING IMAGES WHICH MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNGER VIEWERS.     showtime Thursday, October 28 at 7 pm location Nevada Museum of Art - Prim Theater 160 West Liberty Street admission $6 general / $4 GBFS or NMA members

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