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Steve Rodney McQueen the 41 year old UK artist and filmmaker has released his new work titled ‘Shame’ at the Venice Film Festival to much acclaim. The film is about a 30+ male sex addict having issues managing his sexual urges after his sister moves in with him. The main character Brandon, skilled at the easy pickups, is constrained by his sister’s presence and disastrous activities including self harm, and a relationship with his boss. McQueen’s films are typically black and white minimalistic pieces, projected on an enclosed art gallery wall. He often appeared in his own earlier works, and is renowned for restaging a Buster Keaton stunt titled ‘Deadpan’ where a house collapses leaving him standing and unscathed through a window opening. McQueen is a Turner Prize winner, and received the Caméra d’Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

 

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Lars von Trier the 55 year old Danish film director and screenwriter, now not surprisingly has backed away from his claim to be a Nazi. Trier had been declared persona non grata by the Board of Directors at the Cannes Film Festival, for claiming in response to a question relating to his German roots that he was a Nazi. Trier stated at a news conference that he had sympathy for and an understanding of Adolf Hitler and Albert Speer, and that he was “OK. I’m a Nazi”. At a subsequent news conference he acknowledged his Nazi remark was just Danish humor but was stupid given the forum. Trier claims his comments were "very sarcastic and very rude, but that's very Danish. I don't sympathize with Hitler for one second”. Inspired by Richard Lawson ow.ly/50AGz image source Rita Molnár ow.ly/50AXm Well Israel is a pain in the ass (May 27 2011)

Lars von Trier the 55 year old Danish film director and screenwriter, now not surprisingly has backed away from his claim to be a Nazi. Trier had been declared persona non grata by the Board of Directors at the Cannes Film Festival, for claiming in response to a question relating to his German roots that he was a Nazi. Trier stated at a news conference that he had sympathy for and an understanding of Adolf Hitler and Albert Speer, and that he was “OK. I’m a Nazi”. At a subsequent news conference he acknowledged his Nazi remark was just Danish humor but was stupid given the forum. Trier claims his comments were “very sarcastic and very rude, but that’s very Danish. I don’t sympathize with Hitler for one second”.

 

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