VON TRIER SLAMS AMERICA

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Danish director LARS VON TRIER shocked crowds at the CANNES FILM FESTIVAL yesterday (18MAY05), when he branded US President GEORGE W BUSH “an a**hole” and launched into a bitter tirade against globalisation.

The DANCER IN THE DARK film-maker, who has been promoting his new film MANDERLAY at the movie showcase, hit out when he was asked why his movies take an anti-American stance.

Von Trier said, “Mr Bush is an a**hole. So much in Denmark is American. We are a nation under influence.

“America fills about 60 per cent of my brain. So, in fact, I am American.

“But I can’t go there to vote and I can’t change anything, because I am from a small country. So that is why I make films about America.”

19/05/2005 17:36

Well, the other 40 per cent is obviously filled with crap, so you might be French.

Source: Contactmusic.com