Jiří Menzel can be seen in the footage from 2013 during an interview for Nova TV. According to him, he was not afraid of death. “I don’t think I will care if I die tomorrow. So I’d like to make another movie. But I’m not afraid of death, “said Menzel.
“I never thought about it. For example, when my parents or older relatives talked about who would be lying around, what about the urn, I was terrified of how they could talk about not being. It was inconceivable to me. “Now I suddenly find out that it’s perfectly normal. A person is supposed to die, because as a nurse in the hospital once told me, if you didn’t die, there would be too many of us here. And that’s pretty wise,” he continued.
Menzel also did not want to be a nuisance to others. “Suddenly a person leaves his body or his mind, and suddenly he is dependent on the others, and that morning I very much understand euthanasia. I don’t want to be a nuisance, it’s useless, because it’s just ruining the lives of others to live for some “That day longer. I don’t want that,” he said firmly.
He was also determined about what it should look like after his death. “I don’t want a funeral because I know how it annoys people that they have to go and wear flowers and cry and shake hands. It’s a stupid circus. I don’t want it. I don’t want a funeral as soon as the body box is here, so burn, scatter, forget The important thing is that there are some films left, they will be remembered for a few years, but like going to the grave is bullshit, “the director was clear.
“I’d like people to remember me when they remember me, to smile like they do when they meet me. That’s the best thing, that’s the most beautiful way out of life,” Menzel added. You can watch the whole interview in the video under the title.
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