"When I was 33 in 1994, I went to 43 funerals,"
"She said, 'This is your generation's war,'"
"It's with me. I carry all my beloveds around with me all the time."
"There was a sense of an ethical boundary. And I am heartened to see that it is - I don't believe it will ever leave us. We have to believe it would never leave us."
At age 33 in 1994, Tilda Swinton attended 43 funerals, including that of Derek Jarman, who directed her debut Caravaggio and other films. Her grandmother, born in 1900 and a survivor of two world wars, framed the epidemic as 'your generation's war.' The AIDS crisis left an enduring imprint, and Swinton carries the memory of lost loved ones. Protests in 1980s Britain criticized Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's indifference, and U.S. protesters targeted similar failures by Ronald Reagan's administration. Swinton emphasizes a collective ethical boundary, the necessity to defy unkindness, and the persistence of collective resistance. Her book Ongoing examines her career, major collaborations, and influence on fashion, and she also addressed the concept of fluidity.
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