web counter
 

And Now A Word With Lars Von Trier

By Courtney Enlow | Posted Under Celebrities Are Better than You | Comments (34)

10337.jpg

“The only thing I can tell you is that I thought I was a Jew for a long time and was very happy being a Jew, then later on came [Danish and Jewish director] Susanne Bier, and suddenly I wasn’t so happy about being a Jew.

“That was a joke. Sorry. But it turned out that I was not a Jew. If I’d been a Jew, then I would be a second-wave Jew, a kind of a new-wave Jew, but anyway, I really wanted to be a Jew and then I found out that I was really a Nazi, because my family is German. And that also gave me some pleasure.

“So, I, what can I say? I understand Hitler. I think he did some wrong things but I can see him sitting in his bunker. I’m saying that I think I understand the man. He is not what we could call a good guy, but yeah, I understand much about him and I sympathize with him …

“But come on! I’m not for the Second World War. And I’m not against Jews. No, not even Susanne Bier. I am very much for them. As much as Israelis are a pain in the ass. How do I get out of this sentence? Okay, I am a Nazi. As for the art, I’m for Speer. Albert Speer I liked. He was also one of God’s best children. He has a talent that …

“Okay, enough. …

We Nazis like to do things on a big scale. Maybe I could do ‘The Final Solution.’”

This has been a word with Lars Von Trier.









Each Time You Like, Share, Tweet or Stumble a Pajiba Post, An Angel Does the Paul Rudd Dance

← Short, Pale Brunettes Despair, Leonardo DiCaprio Cements His "Type" With New Blonde Amazon | Upfronts 2011: CBS, Same As It Ever Was →









Comments

Those wacky NAZI's! What will they say next?!
Thanks for the quote Jo-Rob.

Posted by: logan at May 18, 2011 2:09 PM

Translation via Babelfish for Halfwits:

"It's not that I don't like Jews, it's just that...I don't want them to be alive anymore. Yes. That's it. I'm glad I could get that out."

Posted by: StoatCat at May 18, 2011 2:13 PM

Logan. Duuude.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at May 18, 2011 2:14 PM

Wow, that made me never want to see his movies. I don't see the humor.

Posted by: D at May 18, 2011 2:21 PM

At least Roman Polanski makes quality films (I'm just sayin'). Von Trier movies are simply... awful. Pretension, half-assed ideas, shock value, spite, and a superiority complex.

Yep, sounds like a Nazi to me.

@Mrs. Julien, he can't stop now. If he does, the Von Triers win.

Posted by: RobP at May 18, 2011 2:25 PM

In honor of logan's bat-shittery idiocy genius, I will be repeating the same joke in every Pajiba thread I deem worthy of my comments. Ahem.

I WANNA DIP MY BALLS IN IT! WooOOoOOoOO!

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at May 18, 2011 2:31 PM

This gentleman has officially made me want to stab him, then go all Moscow Cannibal on his sorry ass.

I wonder how his liver'd taste with potatoes a choice vodka ...

Posted by: The Wanderer at May 18, 2011 2:33 PM

Whenever I think of Lars Von Trier I think of how, when Europa (a.k.a. Zentropa) did NOT win the Palme d'Or at Cannes, he flipped off the judges and stormed out. I don't think "full of himself" quite covers this fellow.

Posted by: Todd at May 18, 2011 2:34 PM

Duuude

The unnecessary apostrophe? I know.

Posted by: Jay at May 18, 2011 2:35 PM

Totally.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at May 18, 2011 2:39 PM

Sober Von Trier is like ten drunk Gibsons.

Posted by: TSF at May 18, 2011 2:40 PM

What the fudge?

Posted by: Alex at May 18, 2011 2:59 PM

Too soon?

Posted by: The Mutt at May 18, 2011 2:59 PM

Lars makes me really want to hurl.

Posted by: bleujayone at May 18, 2011 3:06 PM

Yet now the world is talking about Lars and his portfolio. His mission was accomplished. No?


Posted by: Mickey at May 18, 2011 3:08 PM

He said later that he was kidding, but... yeeeesh. How did this even come up? What a ridiculously terrible thing to say.

Posted by: Sassafrass Green at May 18, 2011 3:09 PM

Holy shit! What the fuck is this moron talking about??? "I thought I was a Jew for most of my life but found out I was a Nazi and boy did Hitler have some good ideas!"

Sweet fucking facism! Does a word even exist to describe what Lars is? Douche is way too weak. Fuckface is too generic and sophmoric, along with shithead. Shiteater is pretty good because that's about as reviling as it gets.

I know: MEGARACIST!

Posted by: Kballs at May 18, 2011 3:19 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if Mel Gibson used this guy as a puppet from now on.

Posted by: Sofia at May 18, 2011 3:30 PM

I just did an actual spit take Sofia. Huzzah!

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at May 18, 2011 3:31 PM

"I wouldn't be surprised if Mel Gibson used this guy as a puppet from now on."

-Well at least we now know he's a big enough asshole for Mel's hand.

Posted by: bleujayone at May 18, 2011 3:50 PM

Just....what? Is he serious? I cant even decide on the best way to get angry about this, It's THAT mindblowing.

Posted by: Nadine at May 18, 2011 3:56 PM

laaaame. He seems only interested in being avant garde shocking. His movies are the worst.

Posted by: Allison at May 18, 2011 4:28 PM

Funnily enough, for a man whose work is so batshit pretentious, this hardly surprises me anymore.

@RobP: Polanski was used for target practice by Nazis for a while. The chances of him turning into one aren't very convincing, I'd think.

Posted by: Zirze at May 18, 2011 4:38 PM

@Zirze: What in my comment made you think I said Polanski would turn into a Nazi? I was merely saying, that for shithead, evil movie directors, at least Polanski makes good movies.

Posted by: RobP at May 18, 2011 4:52 PM

Uhm... yeah. Wait, what!? I think he lost me at the word Jew. How does being German make you a Nazi?! I'm lost...

This German Jew (ie. me) has only this to say: Pop! Pop!

Posted by: The Unabeefer at May 18, 2011 5:56 PM

Shrug?

I like his movies, and this cracked me up.

Maybe I'm just used to his schtick by now.. or used to the internet's schtick, but this kinda thing shouldn't get much of a reaction anymore.

He's just a wacky lad, man. And that's coooool.

Posted by: The Only New Zealander at May 18, 2011 6:52 PM

In honor of logan's bat-shittery idiocy genius, I will be repeating the same joke in every Pajiba thread I deem worthy of my comments. Ahem.

I WANNA DIP MY BALLS IN IT! WooOOoOOoOO!

I approve this message.

My favourite part of that article was the bit about Dunst hiding behind the director.


Posted by: Uda at May 18, 2011 7:37 PM

If I ever was forced to watch another one of his awful movies, I would not do it now.

Posted by: bbmcrae at May 19, 2011 12:46 AM

Give him a break. He's a poor public speaker and a worse comedian, but he was joking. Or attempting to, anyway.

He's a moron who should have known better than to go there, but he was joking.

Given the kind of jokes that appear here daily, from the writers and in the comments, I don't think any of us have room to condemn.

Posted by: The Mutt at May 19, 2011 1:35 AM

Hehehe, and he dropped this bomb in France, of all countries!

Posted by: Jakob Montrasio at May 19, 2011 2:34 AM

The shame is that this complete lapse of taste and judgment came just after he'd made a really corking gag about Udo Kier, saying he'd enjoyed typecasting him as a homosexual and that next time he'd cast him as a homosexual alcoholic so Kier wouldn't have to do any acting at all. That made me snort, I have to say. Good bullying, Lars!

...BUT then he completely lost it, and this is such a stupid, terrible thing to say.

Posted by: Caspar at May 19, 2011 7:34 AM

Sounds to me like an attempt to shock out of sheer boredom that turned out much, much less witty than intended. Well, whatever.

Posted by: Qualtinger at May 19, 2011 11:25 AM

what is the basis for the Susan Biers hate? Did I miss a dogme falling out?

Posted by: hattie at May 19, 2011 6:30 PM

Just read that LVT is abusive to animals on his sets. I read many years ago that Ingmar Bergman blew up a horse for a movie.

"Say" what you want, however offensive, but it's the "do" that bothers me.

Posted by: kirbyjay at May 20, 2011 10:07 AM