Lars Von Trier: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)

Film -- biography With six entries at the Cannes film festival thus far Lars von Trier has been a Cannes Award winner four times. Without question he is the most intriguing film director to emerge in Denmark since the days of his great mentor in spirit Carl Theodor Dreyer. A relentless visionary von Trier (B. 1956) has succeeded not only in realizing his projects but also in managing to gather substantial audiences to his films. his work on the ground-breaking TV series rather than being strident or shrill however these collected interviews reveal the Danish filmmaker to be impish forthright witty sometimes infuriating and deeply committed to the possibilities of cinema. The conversations in this collection trace his development from the structured image-obsessed Formalist of Most of these interviews two previously unpublished are translated into English for the first time. They begin in 1968 when von Trier was the lead actor in a childrens TV series and end in 2001. Von Trier speaks of his visions ideals dislikes and technical experimentation of his conception of actors his childhood his phobias and of his views on religion and his ill-fated female protagonists. His style in conversation is relaxed and honest his mood affirmative and passionate.