Dogville director Lars von Trier was questioned by police yesterday in regards to a statement he made while promoting his new film Melancholia, starring Kirsten Dunst, at the Cannes Film Festival. The statement was regarding his sympathy for Hitler, which managed to cause a big enough uproar that he was kicked out of the festival: “I really wanted to be a Jew and then I found out I was really a Nazi, you know, because my family was German… which also gave me some pleasure.” Not realizing the hole he was digging, von Trier continued: “I think he did some wrong things, yes, absolutely, but I can see him sitting in his bunker in the end. He’s not what you would call a good guy, but I understand much about him and I sympathize with him.” After the police interrogation yesterday, the director released a statement saying he’ll no longer do interviews or make any public statements. He wrote: Today at 2pm I was questioned by the Police of North Zealand in connection with charges made by the prosecution of Grasse in France from August 2011 regarding a possible violation of prohibition in French law against justification of war crimes. The investigation covers comments made during the press conference in Cannes in May 2011. Due to these serious accusations I have realized that I do not possess the skills to express myself unequivocally and I have therefore decided from this day forth to refrain from all public statements and interviews. Lars von Trier.