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We’ve done it the body is laidin a meaningful position, flower petals are thrown, food is...

Vortex • 2022
We’ve done it
since Neanderthal times: the body is laid
in a meaningful position, flower petals are thrown, food is deposited for the
journey to the afterlife

Full Transcript

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We’ve done it since Neanderthal times:
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the body is laid in a meaningful position,
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flower petals are thrown,
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food is deposited for the journey to the afterlife.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:44
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

The last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia.
Mr. and Mrs. Neanderthal knew how to speak, - Vortex 00:07
Mr. and Mrs. Neanderthal knew how to speak,
When we lose someone, a loved one, - Vortex 00:08
When we lose someone, a loved one,
Carving the name keeps them alive. - Vortex 00:06
Carving the name keeps them alive.
We put their photo on a tombstone, - Vortex 00:12
We put their photo on a tombstone,
So, the grieving ritual... - Vortex 00:06
So, the grieving ritual...
Every culture has a grieving ritual. - Vortex 00:05
Every culture has a grieving ritual.
It gives the deceased dignity, - Vortex 00:15
It gives the deceased dignity,
We have to make a tomb - Vortex 00:07
We have to make a tomb
We cry, but we are together, - Vortex 00:06
We cry, but we are together,
Our first response was - Vortex 00:06
Our first response was
Egyptians made artworks, - Vortex 00:05
Egyptians made artworks,
It’s interesting for the universal human condition: - Vortex 00:07
It’s interesting for the universal human condition:
A dead body is a corpse, death is a spirituality. - Vortex 00:05
A dead body is a corpse, death is a spirituality.
In Western society, it has been kept at a distance, - Vortex 00:10
In Western society, it has been kept at a distance,
It’s linked to technological progress, - Vortex 00:06
It’s linked to technological progress,
But in the 50s and 60s, - Vortex 00:09
But in the 50s and 60s,
...but which put death at a distance from society. - Vortex 00:07
...but which put death at a distance from society.
It’s become medical. - Vortex 00:04
It’s become medical.
Care lies with technicians, experts, - Vortex 00:06
Care lies with technicians, experts,
After the beep. - Vortex 00:04
After the beep.