This Way to the Cooling Chambers
The Cremator • 23m
Originally produced in 2011 by Bildstörung and reedited for the Criterion Collection in 2019 by Daniel Bird, this short documentary by Bird, Alexander Beneke, and Carsten Baiersdörfer revisits some of the shooting locations of THE CREMATOR with director Juraj Herz and chronicles the making of the film.
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Madness and the Macabre
In this interview, conducted by the Criterion Collection in 2019, film programmer Irena Kovarova discusses THE CREMATOR’s unique visual style.
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Music by Zdeněk Liška
This 2017 documentary about composer Zdeněk Liška features interviews with filmmakers Juraj Herz, the Quay Brothers, and Jan Švankmajer, among others.
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Rudolf Hrušínský
Originally filmed in 1993 and broadcast in 2011 on the Czech television program Inventura Febia, this profile of Rudolf Hrušínský features interviews with the actor and filmmaker-actor Jiří Menzel.
