In Their Words — Monday, December 24, 2012

Directing Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst, Alexander Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling
Lars Von Trier directing Kiefer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst, Alexander Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling in Melancholia (2011)

My films are about ideals that clash with the world. Every time it’s a man in the lead, they have forgotten about the ideals. And every time it’s a woman in the lead, they take the ideals all the way.

—Lars Von Trier