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" Lars von Trier has expressed dismay at reports that Norwegian extremist Anders Behring Breivik is a fan of his work. Breivik, who murdered 77 people in a killing spree in Norway earlier this month, lists Von Trier&amp;#039;s 2003 drama Dogville among his top three films on Facebook. The ending of Dogville, in which Nicole Kidman&amp;#039;s character orders the murder of an entire village, is disturbingly similar to Breivik&amp;#039;s own crimes - though von Trier suggests the extremist has misunderstood the film&amp;#039;s message. &amp;quot;I feel badly about thinking that Dogville, which in my eyes is one of my most successful films, should have been a kind of script for him,&amp;quot; the director said during a recent interview with Politiken. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s horrific.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;My intention with Dogville was totally the opposite. Namely, to ask whether we can accept a protagonist who takes revenge on the entire village. &amp;quot;And here I take the absolute distance from revenge. It&amp;#039;s a way to nuance the protagonist and our feelings and perhaps even uncover it, so it just is not black and white.&amp;quot; Earlier this year von Trier sparked controversy at Cannes following comments he made about Hitler, leading to the acclaimed director being declared persona non grata by the film festival. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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