*limited run* Begotten (1989) / Din of Celestial Birds (2006) Region Free Bluray *BLACK CASE*

Includes the OOP DVD print upscaled to 1080p.

Also includes a 4x AI Upscale w/ Rare Hard to Find Cassette Audio (is more complete than audio on DVD).

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Din of Celestial Birds Short.

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Title: Begotten (1989)

Genre: Experimental, Horror

Plot Synopsis:
An experimental silent horror film that presents a surreal and graphic narrative exploring themes of creation and destruction. The film begins with a godlike figure disemboweling himself, leading to the emergence of Mother Earth, who then gives birth to the Son of Earth. Together, they traverse a barren landscape, encountering various symbolic and disturbing events that reflect on life, death, and rebirth.

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Cast and Crew:

• Director: E. Elias Merhige
• Writer: E. Elias Merhige
• Cast:
  • Brian Salzberg as God Killing Himself
  • Donna Dempsey as Mother Earth
  • Stephen Charles Barry as Son of Earth – Flesh on Bone
  • James Gandia as the Guide
  • Erik Slavin as the Leader

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YouTube Trailer:
Begotten (1990) – Trailer

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IMDb Link:
Begotten (1989)

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Reviews from Letterboxd:

1. Eli Hayes – ★★★★½
   “In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.”
2. amaya – ★★☆☆☆
   “me when i ask a girl if she listens to death grips and she says no”
3. Josiah Morgan – ★★★★½
   “this is why we have psychiatrists and counsellors”

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Meta Description:
“Begotten” (1989) is an experimental horror film directed by E. Elias Merhige, depicting a surreal narrative of creation and destruction through disturbing and symbolic imagery.

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Title: Din of Celestial Birds (2006)

Genre: Animation, Mystery

Plot Synopsis:
A surreal odyssey through the evolution of consciousness, depicting the formation of matter from nothingness and culminating in the emergence of an embryonic humanoid figure.

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Cast and Crew:

• Director: E. Elias Merhige
• Writer: E. Elias Merhige
• Cast:
  • Stephen Charles Barry as Son of Light

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IMDb Link:
Din of Celestial Birds (2006)

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Reviews from Letterboxd:

1. jean_byrd – ★★★★☆
   “To think this debuted on Turner Classic Movies. I can’t imagine how many old people had heart attacks and seizures that night.”
2. Edgar Cochran ✝️ – ★★★★★
   “———————Thesis———————-
   Antithesis————————-Synthesis

   That was the sacred Triforce for philosophers that tried to define the being; for Hume, it was about the human essence, whereas for German philosophy, it was about defining the essence of ‘being’ as an active verb, about materializing something abstract. The disgusting Hegel went to the extreme of considering the previous ‘Triforce’ of philosophy as the following:

   ———————Art————————
   Religion————————-Philosophy

   …thus, considering himself above God.

   If we translated this philosophical structure for Merhige, one of the most visionary experimental artists of our time, the relationship would look as follows:

   —————–Din of Celestial Birds——————
   Begotten———————————————-???

   Those of us waiting for the synthetical representation of his antithesis about Creation and the death of God in a Satan-ruled world, and his…”

3. MDF – ★★★★☆
   “Din of Celestial Birds is a nightmarish but aesthetically amazing film that has a definite kinship with the director’s first feature Begotten. Despite the rapid, jittery, contrasty, almost abstract images in this film, the story of creation, birth, evolution, and man are quite easily discovered. Probably a good introduction to ‘experimental’ film for the uninitiated as the narrative is very present.”

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Meta Description:
“Din of Celestial Birds” (2006), directed by E. Elias Merhige, is a surreal short film exploring the evolution of consciousness, from the violent formation of matter to the birth of an embryonic humanoid figure.