Good evening :)
I have seen this film last tuesday.
It was really very good and so I came to this site to look for some information about it.
It surprised me, that a man /I don t know who is it/, who has commented it, wrote, that it is a commedy.
Film "Spalovac mrtvol" is not a comedy at all, though there are some scenes that make you smile /2 or 3/.
That s my opinion about this film. :)
Dominika
from Slovakia
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Here in czech republic is often said, that Cremator (Spalovac mrtvol) is best czech horror.
Count Duckula, heh heh heh ...
Here in czech republic is often said, that Cremator (Spalovac mrtvol) is best czech horror.Yeah, horror that gets right under your skin and into your heart and soul. A devastating film that gets increasingly more uncomfortable to watch as it progresses.
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Yeah, horror that gets right under your skin and into your heart and soul. A devastating film that gets increasingly more uncomfortable to watch as it progresses.
I agree, I have reported the fact that I do not consider it a comedy at all and neither does anyone around me. A great film indeed, but definitely not a comedy..
A není to ani cerna komedie, sorry.. ;-)
Hmm, not really a comedy in my book either - i think it was the preparation for Holocaustal genocide that swayed me.
shareIt was nearly as funny as 'Dude Where's My Car' only just funnier than 'Beethoven's Second'.
"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."
If it is comedy, that it's such dark humour that I would really be afraid of it...
Hanka, CR ;-)
"There is Robinson, alone on lone island - but they will marry."
I disagree its not dark but terribly funny. The whole premise of a moral man is what is being examined and ridiculed. As such though it deals with the holocaust and the destruction of a nation state, as a film it is funny. Sure its very very uncomfortable but thats not what Herz is filming, he is filming a so called moral man "kulturni clovek" and showing how irrelevant such things are...
Also from a perspective of cinema as an art form it is amazing.
PS I fail to see how its sex scenes were considered shocking? please clarify
I don't say it's not an amazing film. From what I've seen I would call it the best Czech film (though I haven't seen a lot of masterpieces, so it's not too serious.)
But it's dark humour, too dark for me.
"There is Robinson, alone on lone island - but they will marry."
It's good to see that someone agrees with me, although dark and funny are not exclusive terms.
We are lucky that some filmakers are able to make films with very black humour. When films are made in a brief ray of sunlight in an otherwise repressive environment (ie Czechovakia in the late 60's) What can you expect.
I reconmend this film for anyone that apreciates artistic expression.
The whole premise of a moral man is what is being examined and ridiculed. As such though it deals with the holocaust and the destruction of a nation state, as a film it is funny. Sure its very very uncomfortable but thats not what Herz is filming, he is filming a so called moral man "kulturni clovek" and showing how irrelevant such things are...Exactly! This is not a laugh-a-minute-cluthing-sides comedy, it's mockingly, even bitingly, ironic; a form of comedy often employed by the best satirists. The central character is a ridiculous sham and what makes him ironic and comic is his inflated and distorted sense of self and mission. The throne at Lhasa awaits indeed!
I'm a fountain of bloodshare
In the shape of a girl
no way this should be considered as comedy. It is a very nice example of horror / film-noir. I personally found the "funny" acts by. V.Mensik quite irritating and disturbing the plot..
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U R funny.
"This is Fu Manchu. Once again the world is at my mercy."
It is a masterpiece, but I agree, certainly not a comedy. You could always argue that there is a level of darkly absurdist satire, but overall, the tone of the film is surreal, nightmarish and punctuated by moments of abstract horror.
shareYears after I responded here... I agree that "absurdist satire" is the best term to describe it. I've read the book as well, maybe others here have not? The book does have a trace of absurd humor in it, especially in the begining, but if the film ever does, than in much lesser extent, and with much more emphasis on the horror (based mostly on the personality of the character).
"There is Robinson, alone on lone island - but they will marry."