Lars von trier 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.Festival representatives said Thursday that von Trier's eligibility for inclusion in future Cannes festivals remains undeterminedIt's dangerous to think out loud on this matter, when other deadlines are pressing and a critic – this one, at least—cannot help but feel conflicted, even angered, by so much attention being paid to von Trier's public relations derailment. Films? What films? It's the Danish auteur's latest adolescent thought bubbles, spoken aloud, that count.Von Trier had a rough go of it two years ago in Cannes (and similarly tense confrontations with the international press corps in earlier years).
Two years ago, his "Antichrist" brought instantaneous, yelping indictments of von Trier's misogyny and malicious cinematic intent from some of the assembled reportersThis year von Trier's competition title, "Melancholia," may concern the destruction of planet Earth. But while its early critical reception runs all over the place (I found much of it gripping), there's nothing especially controversial about its content. What von Trier said at the press conference had nothing to do with « Melancholia. » It had to do with von Trier badly misjudging his tone, his predictable, perpetual effrontery, his audience.
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