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    By the way, does anybody know how actual neo-Nazis are reporting this controversy?
    Yeah, I looked into a Stormfront thread. They're rallying behind his "If Hitler made a movie, Cannes should recognize it" comment.
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    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    Quote Quoting baby doll (view post)
    I remember reading that when Antichrist was shown at the New York Film Festival, he did his press conference via Skype.
    Yeah, I was there. I mentioned it on the previous page in this thread; he was hilariously self-deprecating.
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    Quote Quoting baby doll (view post)
    I remember reading that when Antichrist was shown at the New York Film Festival, he did his press conference via Skype.
    He also did a regular old Q&A after the film's screening in Toronto, via Skype.
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    Quote Quoting Irish (view post)
    As someone who is frequently accused of enormous simplifications and looking at things in a too black-and-white manner ... this ... just wow, really?
    Just wanted to quickly address this. Obviously, if you look at it from a historical perspective, it's much more complex. I was looking at it from an individual's perspective. Originally, he felt proud to belong to one group. Only to discover that he really belonged to another. That's all I was saying.
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    Quote Quoting Winston* (view post)
    He did the Boss of it All, which shows he shouldn't do comedies.
    Yeah, this is true.
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    Quote Quoting Bosco B Thug (view post)
    He absolutely is trying to make "greater points" (from his personal philosophical contemplations about Hitler to a jab at Israel, and now France), if not particularly notably, and if failing to recognize he's not in a forum in which to tease nuance out (which he actually does seem to recognize, and is one reason he gets so carried away).

    I take greater offense to his Suzanne Bier smack, which is definitely kind of rude...
    I thought the Bier crack was funny, but the Israel comment was the pinnacle. To have the audacity to make that joke in that situation ... man.
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    Quote Quoting origami_mustache (view post)
    I don't think sympathizing with Hitler is necessarily a joke. It's playful, but there is some truth to it, as I can see how you can sympathize with Hitler as a human being to some extent.
    I thought that he was making reference to understanding what it was like to be universally reviled and have everyone coming after you (which is where I thought he was going with the bunker comment). But, I'm just speculating obviously.
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    I admit I laughed the hardest at his audacity of bringing it back to Nazis after the panel already moved on to another question, about making movies on a grand scale:

    "Yeah, that's we Nazis [do]. We have a tendency to do things on a greater scale."

    I was in stitches.
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    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    Quote Quoting baby doll (view post)
    He won it eleven years ago. But then, he is an attention whore.
    Wow, I didn't realize Dancer In the Dark won. He has at least 5 films more deserving than that one. Well I think he wanted to win 3 times :P.
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    Quote Quoting baby doll (view post)
    As for Trier being banned, the question is: Does he really need Cannes anymore? Putting aside all the other major festivals from which he presumably hasn't been banned (Berlin, New York, Toronto, Venice), he makes films in English with American stars, so it's not going to be hard for him to get his movies to get distributed even without the Cannes seal of approval.
    I don't think Trier needs Cannes, but surely Cannes' publicity helps Trier and he would rather have it than not. Likewise, I think Cannes would rather have Trier around than not. They have a mutually beneficial relationship, and that's why I think Trier has apologized and accepted his banishment gracefully, and that Cannes' 'persona non grata' ban or whatever has the appearance of a special suspension rather than a permanent ban.

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    It just seems ironic (and more than a little hyprocritical) that Gibson has been getting ovations while LvT was packing his bags.

    I've always like Lars. I think I like him even more now.

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    I keep checking in hoping the discussion has left Von Trier behind and moved on to really interesting topics like The Skin I Live In.
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    Quote Quoting balmakboor (view post)
    I keep checking in hoping the discussion has left Von Trier behind and moved on to really interesting topics like The Skin I Live In.
    Hmm... Well, lets start off with predictions!

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    Quote Quoting Russ (view post)
    It just seems ironic (and more than a little hyprocritical) that Gibson has been getting ovations while LvT was packing his bags.
    Gibson's comments were made in private, close to home in the US. It's not as if he was standing on the red carpet of the Kodak Theater calling Mary Hart "sugartits" and telling Elvis Mitchell that the Jews control the media.

    The festival isn't trying to act like some kind of universal moral arbiter (I mean, c'mon, this is France after all).

    Politically, though, my guess is they have to be seen as doing something. To ignore Von Trier or the public outrage around his comments could be interpreted as them condoning them in some way.

    I think I like him even more now.
    I never had much an opinion on him one way or the other. Now I think he's just an immature asshole.

    Sorta the same reaction I had when Prince Harry showed up at a costume party wearing a Nazi uniform.

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    Predix:

    Palme D'or - Le Havre
    Grand Prix - The Artist
    Jury Prize - Polisse
    Director - Malick
    Actor - The (titular) Kid With the Bike
    Actress - Tilda Swinton
    Screenwriter - Drive
    Cinematography - Tree of Life

    Un Certain Regard - Miss Bala
    Camera D'or - Snowtown

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    I'm guessing that Footnote will win the Palme d'or. Don't ask me why.
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    A collection of reactions to the new Joachim Trier:
    http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/3327

    Some mixed or merely lukewarm reactions there but we'll see, Reprise was one of my favorites of its respective year so he's got my attention for a couple movies regardless.
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    Uh... so Kim Ki-duk's Arirang won the top prize in UCR, granted sharing the prize with Dresen's Stopped on Track. Still. Huh. Were there any positive reviews out there for Kim's film? I could find nothing but critical thrashings.
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    Uh... so Kim Ki-duk's Arirang won the top prize in UCR, granted sharing the prize with Dresen's Stopped on Track. Still. Huh. Were there any positive reviews out there for Kim's film? I could find nothing but critical thrashings.
    Wow, that's a pretty major upset. Based on the reviews, I figured Miss Bala had this one in the bag. Incidentally, I would've thought We Have a Pope a safe bet for the Ecumenical Jury Prize.
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    Arirang's win is a little more understandable considering that the UCR jury is headed by Kusturica, another filmmaker whose glory days are behind him.

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    what time do they announce the awards?

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    Palme d’Or: “The Tree of Life”
    Grand Prix: (tie) “The Kid With a Bike” and “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia”
    Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
    Best Director: Nicolas Winding Refn, “Drive”
    Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst, “Melancholia”
    Best Screenplay: “Footnote,” Joseph Cedar
    Prix du Jury: “Polisse,” Maïwenn

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    So those people were saying "Boo-urns" after all.
    Sure why not?

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    Could there be a time where the Brothers Dardenne didn't win anything? Ever? No? Okay.

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    Wow, despite the fact that they were high profile movies in the competition, I still did not expect those awards to go to Tree of Life and Dunst. I'm happy that at least Malick's film comes out as soon as it does, but Melancholia has definitely gone from "strong curiousity" after the trailer to "oh wow, I guess this has a good chance of being great" now.

    Also, earlier this year, I would have never believed a movie with this promotional poster would have gone on to become the Best Director winner at Cannes:

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