Lars Trier
Lars Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter, best known for his films Dancer in the Dark, Breaking the Waves, Melancholia and Europa. He is considered one of the great film auteurs and widely regarded as one of the most accomplished living directors in world cinema. In a prolific and controversial career spanning almost four decades, his work became distinct for its genre and technical innovation, the intensely confrontational - sometimes "humorous" - examination of existential, social and...
dull rather second time twice
I kind of have to see it through to the end, don't I? But at the same time it's also rather dull doing something for the second time, I must admit. I've never made anything twice in my life.
certain limited means notion people proper quality
But if it means that people who used to be limited by a notion of how a proper film should be, if those people now feel that they can make film-then I find that has a certain quality to it.
fight rewarding
I had to fight so much for the film. It was not very pleasant, but it's rewarding in another way. But it has not been pleasant.
prefer work
I prefer to work with unassailable ideas. And I wanted to do a film about goodness.
extent man reality
If you tell a man what to do in real life, to which extent is it reality and to which extent are you in control?
couple feeling ideas single wonderful written
I'd toyed with a couple of ideas beforehand, but I hadn't written a single cue, and it was a wonderful feeling to just write away.
bring character donald duck felt matter
It's... a matter of making the actors responsible for their characters, so if they felt that their character would read a Donald Duck magazine, they would bring one themselves.
discipline found fun musician
It was fun having a musician on the set and then having to communicate with him-it was a completely new discipline which I found interesting.
clearly defined enter shot submit
The film must be shot on 35 mm film and in Academy, which is a clearly defined format. But when you enter into a collective, you have to submit to the collective.
chuck escape essence habitual means time
The essence of my dramaturgical considerations is that I want to chuck out the most superfluous, habitual constraints and escape from rigidity, but at the same time film is a means of communication.
critical family members shown toward
The members of my family that I've shown the film to have also been severely critical toward it.
fear films full last personal year
The last year has been more full of fear than ever before... but on the personal level, each of my films is a little monument.
acting fond quite scenes
I think some of the acting scenes with Bjork look beautiful. Yes, to me, they are beautiful, but I am quite fond of Bjork.
filming technology
I think technology right now is great, because it makes filming so easy, you know.