Lars von Trier on Ingmar Bergman

[@matthewlegermusic]

this is simultaneously the most honest & provocative interview of an artist about an influence i've ever seen. lars is uncompromising i fucking love it

[@mariarohmer2374]

I'm seeing streaks of jealousy. I guess I would have to watch the entire doc to have context. But to criticize F & A for being too popular or "mainstream?" I think not. The film is incredible. But Lars is who he is. A wacky dude with lots of opinions. He's exhausting.

[@kre_dopeprod.3766]

It called rumors

[@VAZZU]

He’s an honest child in a grown man’s body.

[@kre_dopeprod.3766]

Have you ever try alcohol?

[@Tee-vq3mv]

Wow ! This interview was just like his films. It went places nobody does

[@oliviamancer]

Most people: Ingmar Bergman was a true genius. Lars: *M A S T U R B A T I O N*

[@mariarohmer2374]

Right?!

[@maxkproductions]

Bergman was a genius who also loved to masturbate!

[@nberntsen]

male

[@bopbop6618]

This is the greatest thing ever

[@pbrynild]

I totally agree.

[@nolllicnt7405]

Absolutely!

[@andtri716]

❤

[@MrSRV94]

I come here regularly to have a good laugh

[@baptistewxpolpodcast3339]

Two of my favorite directors. Didn't know how much influence Bergman had on Trier, but it's not exactly surprising.

[@alli-anngrin1730]

He's so great and honest it's just mind-blowing!

[@kre_dopeprod.3766]

Try alco

[@mariahrisafinas9246]

I ADORE THIS INTERVIEW

[@sarahoc5952]

This makes me feel as if there is sanity in the world

[@1chienandalou]

Thanks for uploading. I observe in LVT both in his work and his words repeatedly a search for a father figure, (even if imaginary and/or mired in conflict, disappointment, anger) even though it’s not as often discussed as, say his nihilism, narcissism or misogyny. It’s here with Bergman. It’s the five obstructions. It’s in so many of his films as a kind of father/therapist/listener character...

[@newengland1666]

Very good observation. I have not seen Lars' films, but I sensed some resentment/bitterness in this interview--particularly the anecdote of his step-father. However, it was juxtaposed with some other rather perceptive insights--so it cannot be said that he condemned Bergman.

[@alicenestpasmonprenom5784]

misogyny?

[@JakeGittes84]

​@@newengland1666 to you and the original poster; about the step father, something that wasn't translated/subbed - They translated it as stepfather but he said "my father, that turned out not to be my father". I imagine that's a heavy thing. Finding out your dad is not your dad would only compound that lack of father figure even more. Thought it was worth pointing out since you both brought up the father figure.

[@BilpetAlek]

Thank you for clarification​@@JakeGittes84

[@IsisMusic]

Lars von Trier är helt underbar. Älskar den mannen

[@Rafiga123]

thaanks Was looking for it with english subtitles for a long time. Oh, how I love him ((

[@JUGAopet1]

So true. Fuck ego, icons.Lars is honest, pearl, great human being.Artist par excellence.

[@keyser9537]

Lars is the most fucking honest guy. I love him to death

[@kre_dopeprod.3766]

Lars is first ego masturbator in cinema. If drunk rumors for u it's awesome peoples quality then why u cancel they for that?

[@lvt2843]

Thanks for uploading this, Huxley.

[@TheGVA94]

If only we would all speak so frankly as Lars here.

[@kre_dopeprod.3766]

Than we all goes alcoholics

[@user-ys7fj8jf5g]

-two generations of daddy issues

[@laurapalma7730]

THIS ajdjsa

[@marguerilla]

And how many more we can never know!

[@Rem1Gnova]

This was not what I expected when I clicked on it 😂

[@keyser9537]

Ingmar is Chuck, Lars is Jimmy McGill. Change my mind.

[@Stret173]

а трийр, как обычно, провёл меня от истерического хохота до утомленных слёз

[@gsboss]

lars von trier is a goth that never grew out of his misanthropic phase.

[@joaopedropinheiro7530]

*Edgelord Goths have more respect than him

[@keyser9537]

@@joaopedropinheiro7530 Exactly! He is the purest edgelord in the world.

[@omnirath]

"Misanthropic phase" are you familiar with russian literature ? It’s a lifestyle for some

[@kre_dopeprod.3766]

Not sure misanthropic or nazi very much?

[@omnirath]

@@kre_dopeprod.3766 if you think he is in any way a nazi I suggest watching the house that jack built

[@jarx7500]

When Lars is talking about Bergman, he is secretly, or not really that secret, he is talking about himself and his insecurities.

[@keyser9537]

Lars is never doing shit secretly.

[@omnirath]

Which he have just like any other filmmaker, author, musician and so on that’s the point

[@meesalikeu]

i 1000% agree with lars sbout bergman - i have the same ups and downs like about fanny and of course the same immense admiration. as any serious film fan would.

[@anarchic_ramblings]

Does anyone agree with him on Fanny and Alexander? I think it's wonderful. Yes, it brings together all his obsessions in one 5-hour film (really a tv mini-series). I don't think it's artistically compromised for the sake of appeal to a broad audience. Not at all. It just happens to be a good story, with some lovable characters and a happy ending.

[@nolllicnt7405]

I get what he’s saying, but I also don’t totally agree. To me it felt more like Bergman just got to a point in his career where he just didn’t care about how “intellectual” or however he came off as, and instead just wanted to fully express himself without constraint, if that makes any sense.

[@skerigyttorp]

I completelly agree on fanny och alexander. It’s a horribly boring movie

[@gabrielhorvat9398]

@@skerigyttorp Its beyond beautiful.

[@turdferguson9190]

The fact that Bergman didnt respond to any of the letters Lars sent makes me respect him even more...

[@larsheihei3683]

Which one? I think both.

[@turdferguson9190]

@@larsheihei3683 Nah, von Trier is a blow hard...

[@keyser9537]

Lol why would you respect someone *particularly* for being a dick to someone else?

[@Johnnysmithy24]

Same… lol

[@2894031]

This person is amazing

[@maximillianford9301]

Thank you Lars, very cool

[@sebastiandario5866]

te quiero agradecer mucho el subtitulo ESP. Alguien sabe donde puedo ver este documental subtitulado? muchas gracias

[@adarshjose3891]

This isn't what I expected 😅

[@GyntherMeyer]

Hahaha, jeg grinede sgu højt flere gange. Elsker Lars von T.

[@merialshyn2740]

Legend on legend

[@irishclams4all677]

Am i the only one who finds is stange how he is randomly switching between Danish and Swedish when he speaks?

[@abdullaalsaleh]

I couldn’t even tell lol

[@LanTheWarder]

The interviewer is Swedish so she probably didn't understand him half the time and he tried to accommodate with some attempts at Swedish but kept forgetting while ranting. Happens all the time in the never ending miscommunication between Swedes and other Scandinavians.

[@JakeGittes84]

Swedes largely understand Danish but certain words are totally different and eloquent Danes will adjust their speech accordingly.

[@jeffgreenberg5306]

his ambivalence toward the end is fascinating, but seems pretty childish and egomaniacal, and i suppose a lot of successful creative people use those qualities to their advantage as artists.

[@kn-zv7uc]

It's funny, but there is a bit (a lot) of projection going on here.

[@loltheworld]

I've only ever heard Lars speak in English. He speaks 10 times faster in Dutch, like he's just snorted a ton of Coke. Totally different person.

[@Bob-uh6gf]

It's not dutch lmao. It's danish. He sometimes uses some Swedish words though (because it's a Swedish documentary I guess). Also it could be that you watched a newer interview with him. Today he talks slowly even in danish

[@Major42]

This video is going too fast.

[@ismaelbelda1]

Dutch hahahahahahahahah

[@marguerilla]

Most charming man ahaha

[@sevin8943]

bu adam benim babam

[@me-fh9iz]

Rastlamayi ummuyordum

[@fragilesoulofthespotless80]

Ömen tanrım

[@vesairetc]

what is the song while lars talking, begins at 5.59 ? thanks for anyone who finds the song :)

[@2koenigefilmproduktion801]

maybee something from BACH

[@Stefanio64]

I like the idea of nothing is sacred, not even our greatest role models 😂😂😂

[@neslihan7300]

Çok benziyoruz lars seninle uçak fobisi hariç

[@borgesiantofu]

Bergman sana da mi cevap vermedi bacim

[@kre_dopeprod.3766]

​@@borgesiantofumaybe she is nazi too and love real-time genocide in Europe

[@NoOne-uh9vu]

Ironically Lars von Trier has become exactly what he criticizes, his use of the word masturbation is him projecting. Lars became a self indulgent "best off Trier" director who spells it out for his audience on the audio track in the most insulting fashion. I literally just watch his new films out of morbid curiosity to see Triers progression from once great radical filmmaker into complete pseudo-intellectual wankery

[@tlatopb802]

Ur right tho. Its the saddest thing

[@Theomite]

Yeah. Ever since he got sober he seems to have nothing interesting to say. I had really fucking high hopes for NYMPHOMANIAC but it was overlong and wasted a solid premise and format. I did like ANTI-CHRIST but I wonder what his original scripted version would have been like had he not had to re-write it because of the leak.

[@bivasbhattacharya9499]

A megalomaniac iconoclast!!

[@vrilmaxxed]

Bro come on The house that jack built is a masterpiece though

[@lekal6247]

wtf is that statue ?

[@Stret173]

what can you expect from a zaat fan after all

[@Sunny_C]

Anything else is unimaginable lol

[@UtopiaForMore]

last movie from LVT was a long line of turds stitched to each other moving in circle... give me a break Lars.

[@aspiringscientist1616]

Which one are you talking about? Plz tell me

[@UtopiaForMore]

@@aspiringscientist1616 i think I was talking about Nymphomaniac, but I was wrong. i actually prefer Nymphomaniac to The House That Jack Built which is unbearable. I hate horror movies.

[@NunYurbis]

Lars was always a bit of an a-hole, great director, but a real a-hole.

[@IsisMusic]

he must say the wrong things

[@gregorylightcatcher1058]

What in the world does this guy Lars know about cinema and art. He specializes in degradation and perversion. No compassion, sensitivity. Just bitterness and a desire to tear down even as he goes into Bergmans home.

[@NotActually]

"Of the current crop of younger film-makers, the Swedish legend [...] reserves his most fulsome praise for Danish maverick Lars Von Trier who, Bergman said, "does not understand what a genius he is.""

[@Major42]

Stupid lol

[@Hugtand]

von Triers balance mellem svensk og dansk er perfekt.

[@jari2018]

So now Lars are 60+ years old and he will go to a limited creativity just as his " hero" Ingemar -thats wahts happens to men at 60 but i guess guys like Lars belive they drive a 100 miles an hour all life on the freeway to heaven . This intewiev seems to point at his "limited understanding at that age - and he lost his scrouples as every man at age 50+

[@Funkywallot]

Bergman did Autumn Sonata then Life of the Marionettes and Fanny and Alexander between the age of 60-65 and then he wrote 3 film scripts after that at age 72-80, besides directing 8 (!) theater plays for TV . The last one "Saraband" in the year 2000 when Bergman was 82 years old, before he quit for good