Begotten is less compelling than the critics’ quotes that strew its VHS cover: “The result is a thing of beauty, where realistic images are turned upside down by the grotesque and flowers are trampled by the darkening clouds of a nightmare.” —Film Threat; “Makes Eraserhead seem like Ernest Saves Christmas.” —Richard Corliss, Time; “One of the ten most important films of modern times.” —Susan Sontag. Oddly or not, it is Corliss’ comparison that is the most apt. And Sontag’s? Lunacy.
by Rumsey Taylor | Source: VHS
13 Nov 2007 2:26 PM | Submit Comment
