¿Lars Von Trier Nazi? The Danish director surprised everyone at the press conference he gave at the Cannes Film Festival, where he declared that “I understand Hitler, although he did the wrong things, of course. I'm just saying I understand the man, I wouldn't call him a nice guy, but I kind of sympathize with him«.
Von Trier is in competition for the Palme d'Or for Melancholy, film with Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg, of which we already saw the trailer. "For a long time I thought I was Jewish and I was happy. But then I met Susanne Bier (a Danish filmmaker like him, and Jewish) and I wasn't so happy. I wanted to be Jewish, but I realized that I was a Nazi because my family was German, which I also liked. What can I say? I understand Hitler, I sympathize with him a little", he claimed.
The Dane clarified that «I do not mean that I am in favor of World War II, and I am not against the Jews. In fact, I am very much in favor of them. All Jews. Well, Israel is a pain in the ass, but… How can I get out of this? OKAY. I am a nazi"Did you joke?
If as it is implied, everything is a provocation, this time it fell a bit in bad taste.
Via | Clarín