When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me. Lars von Trier More Quotes by Lars von Trier More Quotes From Lars von Trier Everything is going to hell, but we should smile all the way. Lars von Trier hellshouldway True values entail suffering. That’s the way we think. All in all, we tend to view melancholia as more true. We prefer music and art to contain a touch of melancholia. So melancholia in itself is a value. Unhappy and unrequited love is more romantic than happy love. For we don’t think that’s completely real, do we?…Longing is true. It may be that there’s no truth at all to long for, but the longing itself is true. Just like pain is true. We feel it inside. It’s part of our reality. Lars von Trier painrealart I think that sexuality is the part of human beings that is closest to nature. And nature is dangerous somehow, yes, if you put nature against civilisation, nature is definitely a threat. Lars von Trier sexualitydangerousthinking A film should be like a rock in the shoe. Lars von Trier shoesrocksfilm If anyone would like to hit me, they are perfectly welcome. I must warn you, though, that I might enjoy it. So maybe it's not the right kind of punishment. Lars von Trier welcomepunishmentmight If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power. Lars von Trier strongershouldwant Perhaps the only difference between me and other people is that Ive always demanded more from the sunset. Lars von Trier sunsetdifferencespeople One of the things that got me thinking during therapy is that they say that fear is only thoughts, and nothing will happen because thoughts will never be real. And my thesis, or joke, in film Antichrist, is that they really do become real. Lars von Trier filmrealthinking I think that limitations are the most important part of any art form Lars von Trier importantartthinking I am a man of very many anxieties but doing strange things with the camera is not one of them. Lars von Trier anxietycamerasmen If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart. Lars von Trier devalueworldfall Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules. Lars von Trier opinionchessway I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead of just thinking about what is the most efficient way of telling a story or making an audience stay in a cinema. Lars von Trier importantgivingthinking I am crazy about my own films. The films I've just made I'm crazy about them. But then I don't see them for many years. It's like when you get a new child you're very crazy about this child but then after a few years you're like, "what was its name again?" Lars von Trier crazychildrenyears More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all. Lars von Trier visualsevil I think its a very strange question that I have to defend myself. I don’t feel that. You are all my guests, it’s not the other way around, that’s how I feel. Lars von Trier movieinspiringthinking It’s the opening of Manderlay in Cannes, and I’m sitting next to this guy who’s writing for a tiny fictitious French paper called ‘On the Sunny Side,’ and he’s writing a review on the film, and he’s obviously bored. Then he tells me about all the cars he owns, and how rich he is, and all these things... So, at a certain point, he says, "So what do you do?" Then I take out this very strange hammer we have in the Danish building business, and I say, "I kill." And then I kill him. It is as stupid as it sounds. Lars von Trier carstupidwriting If there are some people that like the film and some people that do not, that's fine for me, because I do not intend to make very broad films. Lars von Trier filmpeople Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking. Lars von Trier filmmaking The secret ingredient to sex is love. Lars von Trier ingredientssecretsex
