What is it with these guys? We had the French designer who got in haute water for Nazi-lovin' remarks, and now this. Danish film director Lars von Trier, famous for unhappy, depressing movies with real sex, once said that a movie should be "like a stone in your shoe." But that makes it so much harder to goose-step! Let's go to the Canes press conference:
Gosh, Lars, why? The rich musical tradition, the unyielding philosophical precepts of its 19th century thinkers, the brilliance of the German Renaissance painting, so different from its Latin counterparts? The broad deep forests, the snow cap'd peaks? No, of course not.
Oh, that's easy. Shut up. Which he decided not to do. Asked if he thought this piece might get a wide audience, he said:
Oh, you caution! The full interview story is here, as is a picture of Lars showing he has a naughty word written, or tattooed, on his fingers. Just checked his wikipedia bio to get a full filmography, and noted he was raised by atheist communist nudist parents. Which had no effect on him whatsoever, it appears.
