Auteur Lars von Trier is incredibly self aware, which I think makes him the genius filmmaker that he is. Self-proclaimed the greatest director ever, he’s never sold out and made a movie for Hollywood. He’s lived in his own comfortable world, and made the kind of films that he enjoys making. Now, after his lengthy Nymphomaniac, he’s beginning to question his ability as a filmmaker, and could retire. But don’t panic just yet, before that happens he’ll (hopefully) deliver the previously announced television series “The House That Jack Built”.
The filmmaker’s producer, Louise Vesth, had previously revealed “The House That Jack Built”, which producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen adds that the show will be “without precedent” and warned that “you better hold your breath.”
“Now, when he’s not able to speak, so he cannot say that it’s not true, I’m happy to announce that the next Lars von Trier project will be a TV series in the English language,” Vesth said. “He has a really really good idea which I cannot tell more about right now. He wants a huge cast and from what I heard, I’m sure that it will be something that you have never seen before and you will definitely never see again.”
While filming was set to begin in 2016, it appears Von Trier has been going through self-doubt and rehab for his alcohol addition. Could clarity change the future for his brilliant director?
Cineuropa reports from the University of Copenhagen – where he studied, before entering the National Film School of Denmark – where he was interviewed by associate professor in film and media science Peter Schepelern.
He is still attending AA sessions, but he is no longer on the wagon. “I drink moderately – probably not moderately enough,” he said, according to Danish music-film-fashion magazine Soundvenue.
Other remarks made by the director include:
“I promised my wife I wouldn’t say anything bad about Muslims (not implying that I have anything bad to say.)”
“I think man is good, but very confused.”
“I am the man who has made the most trilogies of only two films – The Kingdom 1 + 2, and Dogville + Manderlay.”
“For the moment I feel really shitty. I cry and cry… yes, a sensitive man.”
“I am very attentive to the possibility of becoming too old to make films – and when it happens.”
“I am really very pleased about having been here. I say this from an honest heart.”
Von Trier disclosed that he is in fact still writing “The House That Jack Built”, an eight-part English-language television series about a serial killer, as seen from the murderer’s point of view. Hopefully his newfound clarity won’t affect his work.
