{"id":11909,"date":"2011-05-18T19:17:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T18:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=11909"},"modified":"2011-05-18T20:21:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T19:21:11","slug":"the-lars-von-trier-nazi-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/05\/18\/the-lars-von-trier-nazi-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lars Von Trier Nazi Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Director Lars Von Trier<\/strong><\/a> caused controversy by making jokes about Hitler at the Cannes press conference for his latest film.<\/p>\n Melancholia<\/strong><\/a> is a “psychological disaster drama” about the dispute between two sisters (played by Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg) as a rogue planet hurtles towards Earth.<\/p>\n It screened for the press this morning and whilst the Danish director usually divides opinion, it got some of the more positive notices<\/a> of his recent career.<\/p>\n