Gotta love the French Lars von Trier responded to his ban from the Cannes Film Festival, saying: "I'm very proud of being persona non grata. I've never been that before in my life, and that suits me extremely well."
The Cannes Film Festival took the extraordinary step of banning filmmaker Lars von Trier in the wake of his remarks expressing sympathy for Hitler and Nazism.
The board of directors of the festival issued the following statement on Thursday:
“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."
Although his movie is still in competition at Cannes, if it wins the big prize, the director can't attend
and the comment that pissed everyone off (its worth watching to see Kirsten Dunst squirm in her seat)
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Lars von Trier responded to his ban from the Cannes Film Festival, saying: "I'm very proud of being persona non grata. I've never been that before in my life, and that suits me extremely well."
The Cannes Film Festival took the extraordinary step of banning filmmaker Lars von Trier in the wake of his remarks expressing sympathy for Hitler and Nazism.
The board of directors of the festival issued the following statement on Thursday:
“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."
Although his movie is still in competition at Cannes, if it wins the big prize, the director can't attend
and the comment that pissed everyone off (its worth watching to see Kirsten Dunst squirm in her seat)
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