This 4K restoration presents the film in the complete photographic form, as it was meant to be. It makes for an atmospheric black-and-white masterpiece which spans the birth and death of God, nature, and beyond. Shot on 16mm and rephotographed frame by frame over four years, Begotten transforms bodies, landscape, darkness, light and grain into a physical world with its own laws. (dir. E. Elias Merhige, U.S., 1989/2026, 72 min.)
“One of the most important films of modern times.” —Susan Sontag
The Witching Hour series is generously underwritten by Ian Belfatto.