Director kicked out of Cannes Film Festival
By Alexandra Heilbron on May 19, 2011 | 15 Comments
Danish director Lars Von Trier was told to leave the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday after he for jokingly calling himself a Nazi and Hitler sympathizer at a press conference on Wednesday for his new movie, Melancholia. “I think I understand the man (Hitler),” Von Trier said. “He’s not what you would call a good guy, but I understand much about him and I sympathize with him a little bit. But come on, I’m not for the Second World War, and I’m not against Jews. I am of course very much for Jews. No, not too much because Israel is a pain in the ass. But still, how can I get out of this sentence?” Quickly realizing his remarks were offensive, he apologized, but it was too late. “The Festival de Cannes provides artists from around the world with an exceptional forum to present their works and defend freedom of expression and creation. The Festival’s Board of Directors, which held an extraordinary meeting this Thursday 19 May 2011, 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 Board of Directors firmly condemns these comments and declares Lars Von Trier a persona non grata at the Festival de Cannes, with effect immediately,” organizers said in a statement on Thursday. Melancholia stars Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland and John Hurt. Von Trier, who’s had nine films nominated for prizes at the Cannes Film Festival over the past 27 years, won Cannes’ top Palme d’Or award in 2000 for Dancer in the Dark.
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Anyone who writes letters on his fingers is probably not the most mature person around.
How so? It’s a tattoo, it probably means something to him. Do you know him personally? I bet you like to be judged by strangers too eh.
What happened to the phrase that Americans whip out when it suits them: “What happened to free speech?”
Lots of people think Israel is a pain in the ass, and anyone who does an indepth study of a hapless, mad soul like Hitler is bound to find some faint sympathy for him.
That this socially impaired director was kicked out of Cannes — of all places — brings up the refrain: “Whatever happened to free speech?”
We are all judged by strangers every day of our lives Chris. Don’t be naive.
Free speech means you won’t get incarcerated for saying it. He has every right to say what he did, and the Cannes festival had every right to kick his butt out for it.
What a bunch of pious, self-righteous phonies; just like every sycohant and dilettante in the film industry.
I agree with Matt–nicely put.
Calling oneself a Nazi won’t exactly endear you to the public or to the festival’s organizers. It’s offensive, and while proceeding to cover up his true feelings Von Trier dug himself deeper into a hole.
I’ve admired his films in the past; he’s an innovative director, but he can be very offensive.
You politically correct morons contradict yourselves shamelessly!!! All you talk about is “tolerance” and “free speech” and “freedom of expression” right up until someone disagrees with you and then you go ballistic and off the freaking deep end calling it “intolerable” and “unacceptable” and what ever else you can vomit out of your narrow little minds!!! You are the biggest bunch of hypocrites in the universe!!! With out equal!!!
Wow. Yeah he started to put his foot in the mouth but he has the right to expression. Isn’t the film industry about changing peoples ideas and tolerance? When Spielberg shows Schindlers List, he was filming a Nazi who helped Jews escape. Did that make him a Nazi Sympathizer for filming about a cetral character who helped Jews? Did he think that not all Nazi’s were bad? I remember backlash about Spielberg for that. Weird. But people can choose to defend their words or actions or let their actions speak for themselves. In this case he might not have come across exactly what he wanted, but to kick him out..come on. He’s there for his body of work.
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