Lars von Trier nye film Melancholia handler om hva som skjer med menneskene før jorda skal kollidere med en annen, mye større planet. Det er mye hemmelighetskremmeri rundt filmen, men nå letter Lars von Trier på sløret. I et intervju med Empire røper von Trier at filmen blir romantisk.
«As you can see in the trailer Melancholia, [which is the name of] the planet, is kind of ten times bigger than the Earth, and I liked the idea of being ‘swallowed’ by Melancholia. I thought that was quite nice. And then I read today that that’s actually one of the virtues of romanticism – willingly being purified by dying. In fact, the film contains maybe more of the original idea of romanticism. I’m just saying that a lot of films today, their interpretation of romanticism is… quite boring, I think.”
Von Trier er kjent for å drive skuespillerne sine til vanvidd. Men denne gangen slapp hovedrolleinnehaveren (Kirsten Dunst) billig unna, mener regissøren:
“I think that Kirsten got off FAR too easy. FAR too easy. She was not dragged through any masturbation. She had a very smooth ride, I would say. But she did an extremely good job.”
Filmen får kinopremiere i Danmark 26. mai og 27. mai i Norge. Verdenspremieren blir under filmfestivalen i Cannes. Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, Charlotte Gainsbourg og Udo Kier er noen av skuespillerne som er med.
