#the cremator 1969

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[cosmonautroger]

The Cremator, Juraj Herz, 1969

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: Set in Central Europe during World War II, a demented cremator believes cremation relieves earthly suffering and sets out to save the world.

[pav-anne]

the cremator (1969)

[a-filmophiles-dirary]

The Cremator (1969) -Juarj Herz

“The flames, my sweet, will not hurt you.”

[likeitovich]

The Cremator (Spalovac mrtvol) by Juraj Herz (1969)

[toiich]

The Cremator (1969), dir. Juraj Herz

[funeral]

The Cremator (Juraj Herz, 1969)

[theunderestimator-2]

"See you later, Joe…": On this day, Dec. 30th, 2002, the Punk Rock Warlord Joe Strummer’s funeral was held in private at West London Crematorium where he was cremated (from a Los Angeles Times clipping dated January 1, 2003).

The funeral was held on a dark and grey Monday with rain belting down in bucketfuls and the service was attended by his widow Lucinda and two daughters, the rest of the Clash, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon, Chrissie Hynde and Jeannette Lee (formerly of PIL, then co-managing director of Rough Trade), Jim Jarmusch, Bob Gruen, Rat Scabies, Pearl Harbour, Joe Ely, Don Letts, the Clash road manager Johnny Greene, some more close friends and relatives, according to Chris Salewicz, who wrote 'Redemption Song: The Definitive Biography of Joe Strummer'.

He remembers that he heard about Joe’s death after Don Letts called him and when he called up Mick Jones, who in between sobs was his usual funny self, he told him

"… how glad he was he’d played with Joe at the benefit for the Fire Brigades Union five weeks before. -‘I don’t even know what religion he was,’ Mick said. -‘Some kind of Scottish low-church Presbyterian, I imagine,’ I suggested. -‘Church of Beer, probably,’ laughed Mick, tearfully. "…Joe’s coffin slowly comes in, held aloft by half a dozen pallbearers. It is placed down at the far end of the chapel. Keith Allen, the actor and comedian, steps forward and positions a cowboy hat on top of it. There’s a big sticker on the nearest end: ‘Question Authority’, it reads, then in smaller letters: ‘Ask Me Anything’. Next to it is a smaller sticker: ‘Vinyl Rules’. On the sides of the coffin are more messages: ‘Get In, Hold On, Sit Down, Shut Up’ and ‘Musicians Can’t Dance’. Around the end wall of the chapel are flags of all nations. More people are ushered in, like the kids Joe would make sure got through the stage-door at Clash gigs, until the place is crammed. …‘Wandering Star’ [by Lee Marvin] begins to play. ‘See you later, Joe,’ someone says. Yeah, see you later, Joe…" (from Chris Salewicz's 'Redemption Song: The Definitive Biography of Joe Strummer'.)

Soundtrack of the day: ‘Wandering Star’ - Lee Marvin (1969) "When I get to heaven, tie me to a tree/ Or I'll begin to roam, and soon you know where I will be/ I was born under a wandrin' star/ A wandrin' wandrin' star…"

A detailed rundown of Joe's funeral from Chris Salewicz's book: https://www.litres.ru/book/chris-salewicz/redemption-song-the-definitive-biography-of-joe-strummer-39768017/chitat-onlayn/

[emma-dennehy-presents]

Celebrating Black Queer Icons:

Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson

Johnson was born August 24, 1945. A drag queen and sex worker, after moving to New York City from Elizabeth, New Jersey, Johnson is probably best known for participation in Queer Liberation and AIDS activism from 1969 until her death in 1992. While often associated with transgender women, Johnson self identified as gay, a transvestite, and a queen and actively distinguished her identity from the contemporary transsexual community. As for Johnson's gender? Well, pay it no mind. Johnson's activism began in 1969 after being involved in the Stonewall Inn Riots. She is often attributed as being in the riot's vanguard, alongside Zazu Nova and Jackie Hormona. Johnson would later go on to deny this, and is quoted as saying she did not arrive until after the riots had already started. Johnson would later go on to join the Gay Liberation Front and co-found STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries), with Silvia Rivera. STAR would open the STAR House in 1970, which acted as a home for gay and trans homeless youths. In 1973 Johnson and Rivera were both temporarily banned by a gay/lesbian committee, from participating in pride parades, because it was said queens were giving the movement "a bad name". This did not deter Johnson. Starting in 1980 Johnson began living with fellow activist, Randy Wicker, and his partner. Johnson, who was HIV positive, would later become Wicker's partner's caregiver as they became terminally ill due to AIDS. After visiting Wicker's partner in the hospital Johnson became dedicated to spending time with AIDS patients and engaged in street actions with groups like ACT UP. Johnson was a deeply religious person throughout her life. Primarily Catholic, Johnson was said to have a very direct and personal relationship with divinity. On July 6, 1992, Johnson's body was found in the Hudson River. Johnson was cremated and after a march down 7th Avenue her ashes were spread in the Hudson. While initially ruled a suicide by the NYPD, this is highly contested to this day, with good reason. In 2002 Johnson's death was reclassified as Undetermined, and efforts in 2012 and 2016 have seen moderate success in getting the case reopened and re-investigated.

In the wake of her death Marsha P Johnson has become a nigh universal icon in queer communities and seemed like a good starting point for Black History Month. Moving forward I hope to focus on people less known, at least in melanin deficient circles. In a perfect world this would be daily, but I sadly don't have the spoons for it. I will effort to post at least 2-3 of these each week and have a list sufficient enough to carry me through February, and a little beyond. I plan on doing Willmer Broadnax next and have a list going that should cover at least the month of February, and hopefully beyond. Corrections and suggestions are welcome and much desired.

[cronennerd]

Favorite new watches of 2023:

Onibaba (1964), dir. Kaneto Shindo

The Collector (1965), dir. William Wyler

The Cremator (1969), dir. Juraj Herz

Straw Dogs (1971), dir. Sam Peckinpah

Zardoz (1974), dir. John Boorman

The Plague Dogs (1982), dir. Martin Rosen

Crimes of Passion (1984), dir. Ken Russell

Law of Desire (1987), dir. Pedro Amaldovar

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), dir. Todd Solondz

[knightotoc]

Best stories about cold people, in chronological order: *

Frankenstein (1818)

The Snow Queen (1844)

To Build a Fire (1902) **

The Cremation of Sam McGee (1907)

The Gold Rush (1925)

The Snow Queen (1957)

Dr. Zhivago (1965)

The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)

The Shining (1980)

The Thing (1982)

Wintersmith (2006)

Frozen (not that one) (2010)

The Terror, season 1 (2018)

* according to my dumbass who's never read any Russian novels

** best one

[woundthatswallows]

We have several top movie watches from 2023 in common (Design for Living? Daughters of Darkness? THE SERVANT??) so I've got a parasocial crush on you. Please tell me a few of your all time favorite films because I know you must have some great recs.

i'd be happy to! impossible for me to do a few tho so this is kind of a long list ... whoops! i could go on more but ill just link a couple letterboxd lists at the end lol. + all three that you mentioned would also be in this list!!

twin peaks: fire walk with me (1992)

possession (1981)

harold and maude (1971)

the lady eve (1941)

the passion of joan of arc (1927)

carnival of souls (1962)

pink flamingos (1972)

the living dead girl (1982)

wild at heart (1990)

crash (1996)

citizen kane (1941)

one sings the other doesn't (1977)

let's scare jessica to death (1971)

nekromantik 2 (1991) (but you've gotta watch the first one first!)

girlfriends (1978)

teorema (1968)

the beyond (1981)

repulsion (1961)

ginger snaps (2000)

arsenic and old lace (1944)

multiple maniacs (1970)

in my skin (2002)

jeanne dielman (1975)

kissed (1996)

a zed and two noughts (1985)

3 women (1977)

sunset boulevard (1950)

blue velvet (1986)

dead ringers (1988)

the cremator (1969)

the piano teacher (2001)

the young girls of rocherfort (1967)

history is made at night (1937)

a girl walks home alone late at night (2014)

phantom thread (2017)

my man godfrey (1936)

+ my favorites list and then top 40 favorites list

hope you find something you might like💗

[pav-anne]

The Cremator, 1969

[hiranyaroman]

Death; The Cremator (dir. Juraj Herz, 1969)