I waited a few days before approaching the Lars von Trier freaky banning from Cannes Festival. I’m going to quote from various sources a few things, and I’ll let you know my own opinion about the event. I’m trying hard to find the movie these days.
Lars von Trier (he seems in distress showing this “brooderhoodish” helping gesture)
“With his film, Melancholia, playing In Competition, the director spoke at the festival’s press conference for the film, and stated, amongst many other things, that he sympathized with Hitler, joked about being a Nazi, and even called Israel a “pain in the ass.” Yeah, to say that the festival was a bit angry, is an understatement. The filmmaker later went on to become banned by the film festival, but also ultimately found his film receiving one award for Kirsten Dunst, who won Best Actress for the film. Melancholia is arguably the auteur’s most personal film to date, and is easily his best film since Dancer in the Dark. It’s a brutally beautiful feature film, and one that I still to this day, cannot get the hell out of my head.” – Joshua Brunsting from criterioncast.com
CANNES – Danish director Lars von Trier pulled a Mel Gibson in Cannes Wednesday, giving a shocking and hilarious press conference for his new film Melancholia in which he admitted to being a Nazi, to understanding Hitler and speculated that his next movie could be The Final Solution. Watch here the conference. – Scott Roxborough, hollywoodreporter.com
Here are some controversial quotes from the prestigious film director:
1. “I am the best film director in the world.” — Cannes 2009
2. ” I’m happy that I’m alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know; I’m sure that later on I’ll start killing people in a square somewhere, but right now, I just feel happy to be alive.” — from Jan Lumholdt’s book Lars von Trier: Interviews (Conversation with Filmmakers)
3. “I don’t care what people think of me.” — Time Out, 2005
4. “I come from a family of Communist nudists. I was allowed to do or not do what I liked. My parents were not interested in whether I went to school or got drunk on white wine.” — Die Zeit, 2005
5. On George W. Bush: “I think he’s in love with Condoleezza Rice. And he’s dreaming of being whipped by her.” — Die Zeit, 2005
I don’t comment about the “presuming comments” from Dunst or Gainsbourg, I haven’t found official interviews yet, just “quotes” which were transmitted from a columnist to the other, without them being present actually. Interviews will appear, I’m sure, but what I have here is enough to make my point.
Kirsten Dunst with the award
Kirsten Dunst received the award for best actress in Melancholia, written and directed by von Trier. Melancholia stars Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg — the 2009 winner of the best actress prize in Cannes for von Trier’s Antichrist. As a matter of “internal affairs”, Dunst was rejected as an actress for her impersonation of Marie Antoinette in Sofia Coppola’s movie at the very same festival, who awarded Palme D’Or to a lot of nonsense movies with artistic pretenses. Awards are jury designated, presided this year by first class actor Robert DeNiro.
Gossip columnists say that “Brangelina” dominated Cannes red carpet this year. I say that they made a yearly subscription there. Banning and decisions are designated by President Gilles JACOB and General Delegate Thierry FRÉMAUX. This guys have also a board sustained by The Anti Defamation League. The picture below was taken after the press conference I indicated on a link above. The file was HD, 2 Gb, too much to upload.
Lars von Trier between Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsborough
I’ve changed the featured image with this one, it’s more representative and it proves that who might be upset, is actually not. As you see, they are sticking together. The public is ranting with comments like “This Nazi, with Dunst, they should be banned from cinema for ever”. This public is disoriented. Lars von Trier made a joke. He said something about Susanne Bier, who was born to Jewish parents in Copenhagen, Denmark. She studied art and architecture at Jerusalem University prior to her acceptance to the National Film School of Denmark from where she graduated in 1987. It was an insider joke addressed to Academy Award winning director of In A Better World (another film I’m afraid I haven’t seen). Anyway, it seems we live in a world with a lot of barriers. Saying Jew is bad. Saying Nazi is very bad and definitely you can use the word nigga only if you are an “African-American”, which is the stupidest thing ever conceived in matter of denominations. But you can be considered a terrorist and be banished from life, if you say something which is not going well with the establishment. Down here, is the official trailer of the movie:
Here is yet another video, some captured fragments from Keith Allen’s documentary about Princess Diana’s death, featured at this year festival, as well.
Sleep well, dear public!
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