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"Lars von Trier has joked that he is a Nazi. The controversial director made the comments during an unusual press conference for his movie Melancholia at the Cannes Film Festival. Asked about his German roots, von Trier said: &amp;quot;I wanted to be a Jew and then I found out I was really a Nazi, because my family was German. Which also gave me some pleasure. &amp;quot;What can I say? I understand Hitler. I think he did some wrong things, yes absolutely, but I can see him sitting in his bunker at the end... I think I understand the man. He&amp;#039;s not what you would call a good guy. But I understand much about him and I sympathise with him a little bit.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;Come on, I&amp;#039;m not for the Second World War - and I&amp;#039;m not against Jews... [Jewish Danish director] Susanne Bier is... no, not even Susanne Bier! That was also a joke. &amp;quot;I am of course very much for Jews! No, not too much because Israel is a pain in the ass. How can I get out of this sentence?!?!?!&amp;quot; Von Trier added: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m very much for Speer - Albert Speer I liked. He was also maybe [not] one of God&amp;#039;s best children, but he had some talent that was possible for him to use during... okay, I&amp;#039;m a Nazi!&amp;quot; Asked if he could make a film on a grander scale than Melancholia, von Trier quipped: &amp;quot;On a grander scale? Yeah, that&amp;#039;s what we Nazis really like. We have a tendency to try to do things on a greater scale. Maybe you could persuade me into... The Final Solution - with journalists.&amp;quot; Von Trier also suggested that his next film will be a four-hour hardcore pornography movie starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Tobey Maguire. &amp;gt; Lars von Trier talks Hitler, porn and Melancholia &amp;gt; Melancholia review &amp;gt; Cannes Film Festival complete coverage Watch the Melancholia trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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