Lars von Trier banned from Cannes over Nazi, Hitler shock remarks
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Uploaded by RussiaToday on May 19, 2011
Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier was condemned and declared "persona non grata" on Thursday by the Cannes Film Festival for saying that he sympathizes with Adolf Hitler. A statement from Cannes organizers castigated von Trier for his comments a day earlier. It is an unprecedented move by the festival that bestowed its highest honour on the director's film "Dancer in the Dark" back in 2000. Christine Aime, who heads the festival press office, said von Trier's current film, "Melancholia," remains in competition but that if it wins anything at Sunday's closing ceremony, von Trier "won't be there to receive the prize." At a news conference for the film on Wednesday, von Trier said in a rambling speech that he understood and sympathised with Hitler.
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Someone should prevent him from making any more sick movies!
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It's funny cause you know he is just kidding when Charlotte Gainsbourg is sitting next to him. She's of Jewish descent, but she takes the joke light heartedly.
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@Devoti obviously you can say what you want but it might just show a lack of knowledge and education. And in this case it did show just that and it surprised everyone so much that it became such a big deal. Rightly so imho.
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Charlotte Gainsbourg,,,, so much yes.
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criticism and his remarks aside, this guy hits me as a first class dork.
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Freedom of Speech, he can freely say his beliefs and thoughts! Fuck the Nazi & Racist pigs they banned him from Cannes!
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I understand Lars why he doesn't like jews coz they are fucking pigs clan
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i think many people unconsciously wants to be angry. getting upset by this statement is silly. to me he seems to not really state why he sympathize a little with hitler, but instead he gets choked up in the taboo of actually seeing hitler as a human and not as some other dimensional demon. i think he should be able to say and think whatever he wants, without people trying to make a big deal out of it. i don't agree with thought crime.
Devoti 8 months ago 28
Lars is Genius Trolling, he´s always doing it in films and interviews.
I want to see Melancholia righ now!
3GO3US 5 months ago 15