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...
ambient capture forest mike scene tree
In the forest scene we had put a mike up a tree to capture the ambient sound... it is like reinventing movie-making, don't you see?
close conscious decision earlier
In the earlier films, it was a conscious decision not to be too close to the actors.
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.
print problems ready time
I'm much calmer. We had a lot of time problems going to Cannes. The print was ready one day before it was shown. Now I feel very good.
four grow lived moved moving romeo sports trying
I'm moving to a new house. I moved away from where I was born. I lived there for 44 years, so I just moved. So I'm actually trying to grow up. And I got myself a sports car, that's fantastic, an Alfa Romeo Spider. It's a two-seater. I have four children. I feel like I'm 18 years old.
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.
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?
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.
beautiful blue great life light lights main motion slow
It should all come from the main character's idea that life is beautiful anywhere. It doesn't have to be light with spotlights and blue lights and slow motion or whatever, life is great anyway.
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.
allowed changed hang interpret moved neither picture rule sound
The rule means-as I interpret it-that you are allowed to do nothing with the sound and picture after shooting: sound and picture hang together, and neither may be changed or moved afterwards.
interested path taken
I've taken the circuitous path of being interested in people.
artist relationship
It's something important in the relationship between the artist and his public.
add chords emotional extremely fun means moment music sets trying
For me as a director, it is extremely fun trying to add the music on the spot. Especially the moment when the music sets in and the emotional chords are engaged, is a very important means of expression.