With a title like ANTICHRIST, and posters featuring tree f*cking and other bizarre shite, it should come as no surprise that “the world’s greatest director” (according to himself) Dane Lars von Trier’s ANTICHRIST is stirring things up in Cannes.
During a recent news conference for the film at Cannes, a few critics from around the world started getting into shouting matches with the director, each of them asking him to justify the film’s explicit sexual gore. I say shouting match, but apparently no Trier didn’t do any shouting back–he just stonewalled the critics and didn’t even acknowledge their existence. Which probably pissed them off even more.
The audience seemed to get more riled up than von Trier, shouting back at the critics He’s an artist, you’re not. He doesn’t have to explain anything!. Later, however, he did make this statement to the crowd: I don’t have to explain anything. You are all my guests here, not the other way round. Anyway, I don’t think about the audience when I make a film. I don’t care. I make films for myself.
He was also asked to justify scenes of nausea-inducing imagery — including a bloody masturbation scene and a leg-drilling sequence, in which he said it would be like lying if it wasn’t as brutal as possible.
There’s more, but then it just gets ridiculous. What’s important here is that a) this film has to be f*cked up to invoke a shouting match, b) it looks like it’ll be super gory and violence, and c) the amount of sex and violence is insane. If that doesn’t make you want to check this f*cker out, I don’t know what will!
To check out the full story, including the audience’s reaction to the film’s talking fox (???), click HERE, and stick around for more on ANTICHRIST as we hear it!