Keep in mind that his latest movie is about a planet that slowly approaches the earth on a collision course, and people watch its gradual appearance with dread and awe, knowing it will destroy everything. No one will be able to say "well, I didn't see that coming." The director might be saying it this morning:

This is a surprise? Here's an interview with Lars in the Copenhagen Post:

Anderson was popular, you see. That's proof you're writing for morons. In the same interview, lovable Lars said he doesn't make movies for the public, because the public is stupid. "Eighty percent of the public is too stupid to be my public." The other twenty percent are not only fit to be his public, but fit enough to rule the world once these pesky forms of participatory government are washed away. Same interview:

How did he get away with these things? Because his movies flattered the aesthetic preconceptions of the right people, and his work was seen as a necessary antidote to corporate, Disneyfied happy-go-lucky views of the world. If he was a director at Disney he would have gone longago, his skills notwithstanding.

His latest film is actually supposed to be amazing, and seems to satisfy two demographics: people who love to bathe in dread and sadness, and people who want to see Kirstin Dunst destroyed by an oncoming planet.

In unrelated news, Iron Sky has a new trailer. Killer spaceship dirigibles from the moon? Sure, why not.