Oh dear. Danish director Lars von Trier (The Idiots, Dancer In The Dark), has been banned from the Cannes Film Festival after making very questionable remarks about... err... being a Nazi and understanding Hitler.
This won't make his controversial statements any more palatable, but it might provide some context - Von Trier was brought up believing he was Jewish, until he discovered his biological father was a German Catholic. He said during yesterday's press conference: "I really wanted to be a Jew and then I found out I was really a Nazi, you know, because my family was German".
He went on to say that he could "understand Hitler. But come on, I'm not against Jews." Cringe at the ready; here's the video (look out for Kirsten Dunst dying a slow & horrible death sitting next to him).
He went on to say that he could "understand Hitler. But come on, I'm not against Jews." Cringe at the ready; here's the video (look out for Kirsten Dunst dying a slow & horrible death sitting next to him).
Von Trier has since issued an apology and insists he was joking. It's unclear whether his current film, Melancholia, starring Kirsten Dunst & Charlotte Gainsbourg, is still eligible for prizes or whether it too has been booted from Cannes. Here's the trailer.
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