“Although the film's first screening was greeted with applause, it has already split its early viewers. Von Trier himself, however, is apparently siding with its sternest critics. He said: "Maybe it's crap. Of course I hope not, but there's quite a big possibility that this might be really not worth seeing."http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/may/18/lars-von-trier-cannes-2011-nazi-comments
Lars von Trier is known for being unpredictable, quixotic, puckish and deliberately provocative. But even he over-leaped his high standards of eccentricity as he spoke before the Cannes premiere of his latest film, Melancholia, announcing "I'm a Nazi" and that he "understands Hitler". He also jokingly claimed he was writing a four-hour-long hardcore porn film starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Kirsten Dunst containing "a lot of very, very unpleasant sex".
As Melancholia's star Dunst looked on ashen-faced – at one point attempting to halt his flow – he said: "I thought I was a Jew for a long time and was very happy being a Jew ... Then it turned out that I was not a Jew ... I found out that I was really a Nazi, which also gave me some pleasure.
"What can I say? I understand Hitler. He did some wrong things, absolutely, but I can see him sitting there in his bunker at the end ... I sympathise with him, yes, a little bit."
Attempting to extricate himself from his self-dug grave, he added: "But come on, I am not for the second world war, and I am not against Jews. I am very much for Jews; well not too much because Israel is a pain in the ass. But still how can I get out of this sentence ... OK I'm a Nazi."
No one could accuse Von Trier's Melancholia – which stars Dunst and Gainsbourg – of lack of ambition. If Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, which screened earlier in the festival, sets a family drama against the origins of the cosmos, then Von Trier's Melancholia sets a family drama against the end of the world.
Although the film's first screening was greeted with applause, it has already split its early viewers. Von Trier himself, however, is apparently siding with its sternest critics. He said: "Maybe it's crap. Of course I hope not, but there's quite a big possibility that this might be really not worth seeing."
- posted on 05/19/2011
好快,这就被ban了。“An hour later Von Trier said: "If I have hurt someone this morning by the words I said at the press conference, I sincerely apologise. I am not antisemitic or racially prejudiced in any way, nor am I a Nazi." But his contrition does not appear to have been enough.” 道歉也没用。我会看这部电影。
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/may/19/cannes-film-festival-2011-lars-von-trier-banned
Cannes film festival bans Lars von Trier
Catherine Shoard in Cannes and Ian J Griffiths guardian.co.uk
Thursday 19 May 2011 12.35 BST
Cannes film festival organisers have banned Lars von Trier after he made a jocular defence of Adolf Hitler at a press conference to promote his new film, Melancholia.
The board defended the festival's history as an "exceptional forum [for artists] to present their works and defend freedom of expression and creation" but went on to say that it "profoundly regrets that this forum has been used by Lars von Trier to express comments that are unacceptable, intolerable, and contrary to the ideals of humanity and generosity that preside over the very existence of the festival".
The director, whose mischievous persona has in the past been indulged at the festival, was widely thought to have overstepped the mark at Wednesday's press conference, where he, seemingly as a joke, announced himself to be a Nazi. As the atmosphere became increasingly uncomfortable, Von Trier continued: "What can I say? I understand Hitler. He did some wrong things, absolutely, but I can see him sitting there in his bunker at the end ... I sympathise with him, yes, a little bit."
The festival organisers subsequently issued a statement distancing themselves from the comments and explaining that they had asked the director for an explanation. An hour later Von Trier said: "If I have hurt someone this morning by the words I said at the press conference, I sincerely apologise. I am not antisemitic or racially prejudiced in any way, nor am I a Nazi." But his contrition does not appear to have been enough.
It was not immediately clear what form the ban would take. A festival spokeswoman told Reuters that Melancholia would remain in contention for the festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or. However, further press engagements to promote Melancholia were cancelled, with illness on the part of interviewees cited.
Von Trier appeared to be in confrontational mood after news of the ban broke. The Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet quoted him as saying: "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. I highly respect the Cannes festival, but I also understand that they are very angry with me right now."
- Re: Lars von Trier and Cannes | Now Bannedposted on 05/23/2011
Lars:( - Re: Lars von Trier and Cannes | Now Bannedposted on 05/24/2011
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Lars:(
这是什么?我是说中文名称。很相亲相爱的样子哦。
LVT的片子拿了个最佳女主角。 - posted on 05/25/2011
中文叫什么呢,一种长臂猿Gibbon,白掌长臂猿。
猿啼三声的近是!
昨晚读了几章达尔文的“由来”,第六章,第十八章都提到Lar,第六章(内提列文斯敦
Livingstone):
It is well known that the hair on our arms tends to converge from above and
below to a point at the elbow. This curious arrangement, so unlike that in
most of the lower mammals, is common to the gorilla, chimpanzee, orang,
some species of Hylobates, and even to some few American monkeys. But in
Hylobates agilis the hair on the fore-arm is directed downwards or towards
the wrist in the ordinary manner; and in H. lar it is nearly erect, with
only a very slight forward inclination; so that in this latter species it
is in a transitional state. It can hardly be doubted that with most
mammals the thickness of the hair on the back and its direction, is adapted
to throw off the rain; even the transverse hairs on the fore-legs of a dog
may serve for this end when he is coiled up asleep. Mr. Wallace, who has
carefully studied the habits of the orang, remarks that the convergence of
the hair towards the elbow on the arms of the orang may be explained as
serving to throw off the rain, for this animal during rainy weather sits
with its arms bent, and with the hands clasped round a branch or over its
head. According to Livingstone, the gorilla also "sits in pelting rain
with his hands over his head." (8. Quoted by Reade, 'The African Sketch
Book,' vol i. 1873, p. 152.) If the above explanation is correct, as seems
probable, the direction of the hair on our own arms offers a curious record
of our former state; for no one supposes that it is now of any use in
throwing off the rain; nor, in our present erect condition, is it properly
directed for this purpose.
http://www.darwin-literature.com/The_Descent_Of_Man/8.html
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