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6.3/10   1,691 votes
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Director:
E. Elias Merhige
Writer:
E. Elias Merhige (writer)
Release Date:
5 June 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Fantasy | Horror more
Plot:
God disembowels himself with a straight razor. The spirit-like Mother Earth emerges, venturing into a bleak... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Unwatchable piece of brilliance more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Brian Salzberg ... God Killing Himself
Donna Dempsey ... Mother Earth
Stephen Charles Barry ... Son Of Earth - Flesh On Bone
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Gandia
Daniel Harkins
Michael Phillips
Erik Slavin
Arthur Streeter
Adolfo Vargas
Garfield White
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Additional Details

Runtime:
78 min
Country:
USA
Language:
None
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
New York, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Approximately eight to ten hours of optical work - re-photographing, visual treatments, and filtering - was required to produce one minute of film. The total postproduction period for the 78-minute movie was eight months. more
Movie Connections:
References Eraserhead (1977) more

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Unwatchable piece of brilliance, 4 August 2004
10/10
Author: captvanhalen from USA

E. Elias Merhige's existentialist experiment in the enduring is definitely one hell of a boring watch. This is like something Alexander de Large was forced to watch in "A Clockwork Orange." But, despite just how unwatchable this film really is, it is a success.

If you are reading this and have not already seen the film, then it is too late. For me, at least, the payoff (after 3 separate viewings with lots of break in between mind you) was seeing the list of characters *after* the story was told. That's when the simple message hit home. But i wonder if Merhige could have told a 5 minutes story in about 30, instead of 78.

However, seeing as how the cast of credits is displayed prominently on the front page for this movie, the cat is already out of the bag and you surely will only appreciate this film if you appreciate existentialist film making from the early 20th century. Even then, you might puke.

4/10 (but i commend Merhige for crafted a piece of art, even if it is unwatchable)

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