Lars von Trier…Banned!
Posted on May 19th, 2011 in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
The director has been expelled from Cannes for his remarks about Jews and Nazis and himself. (See below.)
As unfortunate as his remarks were—and I think they are not as clear-cut as, say, Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitism—isn’t a film festival supposed to be an expression of free speech?
And it’s probably worth pointing out that Cannes has had no trouble welcoming Roman Polanski over the years…..
4 Responses
5/19/2011 1:18 pm
Maybe he can cast Mel and Arnold in his next film.
5/19/2011 6:43 pm
Well said Richard. Could not agree more.
5/23/2011 8:53 am
Lars von Trier is possibly the worst director ever. Which of his movies to hate the most? It’s hard to choose. It’s too bad that his idiotic rantings provided the excuse to jettison him, since it should have been his horrible output. As my professional movie reviewing friend says, “He’s a fraud.”
5/23/2011 9:13 am
I would have said Brett Ratner….