ReZourceman Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellmeister Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 It was pretty bad, I read about it on BBC website. Something about Kirsten Dunst asking to help make a 3-4hour pornography film? WHY THE HELL WOULD HE SAY NO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayseven Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 ... oh very very deary deary me. Well he's certainly never getting into hollywood then, is he? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Lars von Trier: "I'm a Nazi. I think Hitler was a great man." Kirsten Dunst: "Please stop I am so embarrassed I wish I were dead." Lars von Trier: "Don't worry - there's a point to all of this." *Much later* Lars von Trier: "So, yeah, I'm a Nazi." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj metroid Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 It seems... like he's joking though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Oh God! *facepalm* I just love Kirsten Dunst's face all the way through. I love how her face speaks so many words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayseven Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Having read up on this -- he was basically trying to make a (very, very, bad and tasteless) joke that got spun by the press. Imagine ReZ getting a press conference for some reason then starting his paedo jokes - same response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Eh. I love (the work of) Lars Von Trier so I'm bound to defend him, but this is so over the top. Worse when I initially read reports that Melancholia had been removed from the competition (it hasn't thankfully)..nearly chocked. Apparently it's Argentinian distributor has dropped out. Oo-er! I hate the media sometimes, like...leave his work of art out of the equation plz. Seems to be ok so far but yeah. He's just a very awkward person in conversation sometimes and a provocateur - it was clearly half an in-joke gone horribly wrong. When he talks about Susanne Bier or whatever. There's a precedent. Sure it's "..." the whole thing, and if I was Kirsten Dunst, I'd want to die, but people need to get over things with no meaning. (Though this whole affair has taught me that anti-semitic remarks in France are treated very seriously, with potential jail sentences and stuff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 Having read up on this -- he was basically trying to make a (very, very, bad and tasteless) joke that got spun by the press. Imagine ReZ getting a press conference for some reason then starting his paedo jokes - same response. ........Jokes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drahkon Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 I laughed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 For fuck's sake, do they even know the guy? Of course he's joking, because he knows how provocative it is. He's even issued an apology and stated that he's neither a Nazi nor an anti-Semite. Yes, it was a terrible joke in terrible taste, and I understand if some people are offended, but to throw him out of Cannes? Grow some skin, people. Note that I am not defending him because he's Danish, but because I hate oversensitive people who can't take a joke. But I guess dark humor is a very Danish thing. ... ReZ, are you Danish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drahkon Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 But I guess dark humor is a very Danish thing. Hm, I might have to visit Denmark then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 ReZ, are you Danish? Is that another name for "taking clothes off in the cinema" because yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goafer Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Hitler made Volkswagen. He gets my eternal love. And it's fine. The Jews are totally over it now anyway. *runs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Hm, I might have to visit Denmark then. Just check the Wulffmorgenthaler comic strip if you want a taste of how dark Danish humour can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Hmm, it wasn't that "obvious" that it was a joke, really. There were some parts where you thought "ahh, he's definitely joking now." But, the whole thing was very flat. Not worth crying about, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goafer Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Bit of tangent, but I do love how it's completely taboo to say anything good about Hitler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj metroid Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Bit of tangent, but I do love how it's completely taboo to say anything good about Hitler. I know.. Never forget that history is written by the winners.. Who knows what he was really like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Hmm, it wasn't that "obvious" that it was a joke, really. There were some parts where you thought "ahh, he's definitely joking now." But, the whole thing was very flat. Nah, he really is terrible at telling "jokes", but the point is that if you take it seriously, you clearly don't know the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Nah, he really is terrible at telling "jokes", but the point is that if you take it seriously, you clearly don't know the guy. Most people won't know the guy, though. I don't really know him. So, like many, I just saw this awkward person talking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Most people won't know the guy, though. I don't really know him. So, like many, I just saw this awkward person talking. Yeah, but the Cannes people definitely knew him, and I think they overreacted by banning him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle64 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 I hate this whole thing people love to hide behind of "Oh, I was only joking! Can't you tell? Silly you!" as if it's up to everyone else to come round to their frankly tragic idea of humour. If you're in a room full of people and and no one is laughing that's the big clue that you need to stop, and probably should have done several minutes ago. I know.. Never forget that history is written by the winners.. Who knows what he was really like. He was probably the sort of person who had no problem murdering many millions of people in bombing raids and gas chambers because of their race, sexuality or beliefs along with anyone of any organisation who dared speak out against him. On the other hand he was a vegetarian. So you know, swings and roundabouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debug Mode Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Bit of tangent, but I do love how it's completely taboo to say anything good about Hitler. I totally agree. Most of my friends at University study public relations and a few of them after talking about famous PR figures one mentioned Hitler as a very good PR man. For some reason that didn't go down too well, despite the fact it's true. What Hitler did was pretty fucking insane, but his influence on the German people was pretty smart. And the fact his nutjob occultism is pretty hilarious to read (searching this up on google, a lot of the material about that stuff has vanished, weird). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Wasn't the guy also a painter and a devoted Father? Oh noez, I r Nazi sympathiser. That is a joke, by the way. Just in case, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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