Lars von Trier og den blå kålorm (og solsikken)
On April 19th 2018 Danish director Lars von Trier received the Sonning Award that is Denmark’s largest culture award and comes with 1 million Danish Kroner. In his acceptance speech he referenced the infamous Cannes Film Festival incident where he expressed sympathy for Hitler. This comment got him excluded from the festival until this year where his serial killer movie The House that Jack Built has just been announced. In the speech he stated that he never has been and never will be a Nazi – to some people’s regret. And remarked upon how the incident has caused him much personal grief and anxiety. . (Foto: Jens Nørgaard Larsen/Ritzau Scanpix)
Torsdag modtog Lars von Trier fortjent Danmarks største kulturpris, Sonningprisen. Prisen, der ”sædvanligvis” uddeles hvert andet år, er tidligere givet til folk som Niels Bohr, Halldór Laxness, Hannah Arendt, Eugenio Barba, Ingmar Bergman, Krzysztof Kieślowski og senest den tyske filminstruktør Michael Haneke i 2014. Overrækkelsen af prisen falder sammen med et nyt videointerview med von Trier og en storslået von Trier-udstilling på Brandts Museum i Odense. Oliver Stilling har set det hele ske.