Begotten

But to be born God is to belong to the nature of God, for the name Begotten signifies indeed the manner of His origin, but does not make Him different in kind from the Begetter.

NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus 1898

For even as the Father is ineffable because He is Unbegotten, so is the Son ineffable because He is the Only-begotten, since the Begotten is the

NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus 1898

Merhige had made three films prior to “Begotten,” but none of them resonated with critics or audiences.

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The background to “Begotten” is just as intriguing as the film.

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Hopefully, “Begotten” will return to commercial DVD in the near future.

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And that, in the proverbial nutshell, is “Begotten.”

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But on a deeper level, “Begotten” is a bleak and horrifying statement about a world gone haywire.

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He directed a few music videos and helmed the feature film “Shadow of the Vampire” (2000) – whose producer, Nicolas Cage, hunted down Merhige after being thrilled by “Begotten” – along with “Suspect Zero” (2004) and “Din of Celestial Birds” (2006).

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But when that company went out of business around 2003, “Begotten” went out of print.

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“Begotten” takes place in an unknown land in an unknown time.

Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009