Lars Von Trier a NAZI and banned from Cannes!

Renn

Masterclass in trolling from von Trier today.

johnny_ultimate

Renn wrote: »

Masterclass in trolling from von Trier today.

Linky for anyone interested: http://www.avclub.com/articles/lars-von-triers-i-am-a-nazi-joke-didnt-go-over-so,56260/

The man may be a pretentious little so and so at times, but cinema's a little more entertaining place with him around.

Renn

I particularly liked how Gainsbourg was right there beside him laughing at his "I'm a Nazi" comment

johnny_ultimate

Renn wrote: »

I particularly liked how Gainsbourg was right there beside him laughing at his "I'm a Nazi" comment

Well her father probably left her with a... peculiar sense of humour.

*cough* NSFW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnKt84AdUHA

bnt

Renn wrote: »

Masterclass in trolling from von Trier today.

Hey, any publicity is good publicity. I'm guessing he was going for a dry English wit, but you'd need Hugh Grant's accent and timing to pull off that one, and he was talking to the wrong audience ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LayW8aq4GLw

mike65

Ever the controversialist

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/may/19/cannes-film-festival-2011-lars-von-trier-banned

The Cannes film festival says it has banned Danish film-maker Lars von Trier for remarks at a press conference that he "understood" Adolf Hitler.

1. Melancholia
2. Production year: 2011
3. Directors: Lars von Trier
4. Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst
5. More on this film

A statement from Cannes organisers Thursday said Von Trier was deemed "persona non grata" at Cannes for his comments a day earlier. It was an unprecedented move by the festival, which bestowed its highest honour, the Palme d'Or on the director's film Dancer in the Dark back in 2000.

The statement did not specify whether that meant Von Trier's current Cannes film, Melancholia, had been booted from Cannes and was no longer eligible for prizes.

At the press conference Von Trier said in a rambling train of thought that he understood and sympathised with Hitler. He said afterwards he had been joking and later issued an apology.

bonerm

Oh Lars, you are the living end!

Richard Dower

Yeah i kinda got what Hitler was going fo myself, we kinda need a master race right now to deal with the scumbags.

paulosham

Not many people seem to get Lars' humour.

Sad Professor

I can't believe some people are taking this seriously. If you read the transcript it is so obvious that he is joking.

There goes his film's chances of winning the Palme d'Or.

johnny_ultimate

Joke or not, even watching the clip you can feel the discomfort in the room. Dunst's reactions are priceless!

christeb

Sad Professor wrote: »

There goes his film's chances of winning the Palme d'Or.

interesting to follow the film's odds on PP. Was 10 / 1 at the start, down to 5/1 after the initial excellent reviews. Currently 12/1.

Presumably Cannes will just accept his apology and keep the film in for judging? It'd be some turnaround if it picked up the Palme.

Richard Dower

Renn wrote: »

Masterclass in trolling from von Trier today.

I take all my cues from him

bonerm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z7UDHPWsvk

He still has a thing or two to learn from the Meister.

ricero

Who

AnonoBoy

ricero wrote: »

Who

Lars Von Trier.

Name is in the title of the thread.

christeb

seems like the organisers have stood by their decision - Guardian

A disappointing development

Greyfox

paulosham wrote: »

Not many people seem to get Lars' humour.

That's because theirs some things you should not joke about, he's a f**king idiot and I'm delighted he was banned from Cannes

Renn

R P McMurphy

Oh dear pretty cringeworthy, while clearly trying to be funny his delivery could not have been any worse. Am looking forward to seeing the film

humanji

Greyfox wrote: »

That's because theirs some things you should not joke about, he's a f**king idiot and I'm delighted he was banned from Cannes

There's nothing you don't joke about. If you don't find something funny, you don't demand that everyone else in the world feels the same. That's not how the world works.

LittleBook

Von Trier's reaction to the ban:

I'm proud to have been declared persona non grata. This is maybe the first time in film history that has happened. I think one of the reasons is that the French themselves treated the Jews badly during the second world war. Therefore it is a touchy subject for them.

Zing!

R P McMurphy

LittleBook wrote: »

Von Trier's reaction to the ban:



Zing!

That will touch a substantial nerve, gutsy comment when he is already in trouble but he really seems that type that wouldn't care less

Duggy747

Brutal delivery where you can just feel like he's digging a bigger hole for himself in that room.

It was funny watching Dunst squirm beside him.

Richard Dower

^ has she distanced herself yet?

christeb

Richard Dower wrote: »

^ has she distanced herself yet?

I'm pretty sure she won't be going near anything LvT-related again. She wanted to try something a bit edgy and left-field in Europe. She's done that. She'll be back on the first flight to Tinseltown and start producing the sterile high-budget muck she's comfortable with. /rant

bnt

Are we talking about the same Kirsten Dunst here? The one who did Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Virgin Suicides, Elizabethtown and Marie Antoinette? This is not the first time she's taken on a risky low-budget project, and I doubt it'll be the last. You can't say that about most Hollywood starlets.

Spunge

Do you see her get fully penetrated with a close-up ?

Like in anti-christ