Lars Von Trier

[Barney Who-Ah]

Hey guys,

I was wondering if any of you are fans of Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier?

I was listening to Mark Kermode talking about when he had Paul Bettany in the studio for Dogville, and he told Mark a story about Von Trier that was pretty funny.

When he picked Bettany up the first day in his car, in Sweden where they were filming, he told him they had to make a quick stop at a gas station. And as he proceeded to go inside he asked Bettany if he wanted some porn? Confused Bettany declined, but when Von Trier came back he had whole pile of porn in his hands and threw it into the car without saying anything.

Then when they got to their hotel room he placed all the porn on the bed so it was quite visible, he then told Paul he needed to get something and he should just wait there. 5 minutes later he came back with Nicole Kidman who hadn't met Paul Bettany yet, and as they walk into the room with Bettany sitting on the bed full of porn Von Trier says to Nicole in a complete straight face: "Have you seen how much porn Paul Bettany has?"

 

[L2R]

i've only seen dancer in the dark and dogville and i love and own them both.

nice story



mods, how about a "which is your favourite poll"?

 

[TheDeceased]

If you like Von Trier, track down 'The Five Obstructions'.

Trier and another Danish film-maker by the name of Jørgen Leth challenge each other to come up with increasingly difficult film projects, re-making the same film every time. Each project has an or a series of obstructions that the film-maker has to overcome. For example, you could challenge the other film-maker to re-make the film in animated form or to shoot it in the middle of a busy Saudi Arabian street, etc.

Really inspiring stuff and very entertaining as well.

There's also a sequel to Dogville out there called 'Manderlay' that I've been meaning to track down.