Bugonia is the Ancient Greek belief that bees were generated from the corpses of cows. Like maggots or flies, bees would emerge from the bodies, and Ancient Grecians would perform rituals to spawn a miracle—rebirth through death. But the myth had its faults, and while some took it as fact, others saw the bees as flies that perhaps just looked a little yellow on the outside. In a sense, Bugonia, the film, offers audiences an absurdist take on what it means to be an evolving human amidst uncertain belief systems. Continue reading “Review: ‘Bugonia’ Eclipses Its Source Material”
