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Posted on May 19th, 2011 in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
The director Lars von Trier makes an ass of himself—and worse—at the Cannes Film Festival:
The director Lars von Trier makes an ass of himself—and worse—at the Cannes Film Festival:
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3 Responses
5/19/2011 10:40 am
who’s that sitting next to him?
5/19/2011 10:56 am
Kirsten Dunst. Star of his latest film that might never see the light of day.
Thanks for posting the video clip, RB. Why he would trip himself up into
such a bizarre web of discourse is so unfortunate. No one will get the irony and he only has himself to blame.
5/19/2011 12:09 pm
While his comments are a little unfortunate and he seems to need an edit button from his brain to his mouth, they have been completely taken out of context by the media. And what is the Cannes Festival saying about artistic expression and free speech when they are banning him for life from the Festival.
While I find his movies terminally dull, anyone who could pull off the following practical joke can’t be all bad…
“As Von Trier is in the news, this is from
an old Guardian interview. When Paul
Bettany arrived in Copenhagen, Von Trier
collected him from the airport and took
him to the little town where they were
staying during the shoot. En route they
stopped for petrol, and Von Trier
returned to the car with a stack of porn
magazines which he gave to Bettany,
despite his protestations that he ‘was
good for porn right now’. When they got
to the hotel, they were chatting in
Bettany’s room when there was a knock at
the door. It was Nicole Kidman, whom Von
Trier introduced, and they exchanged
small talk. The director then said,
entirely straight-faced, ‘Nicole, has Paul
shown you his porn collection?’ and he
gestured to the side table, stacked
with the magazines.”