The Cannes Film Festival organizers are taking the comments very seriously made yesterday by director Lars Von Trier in a press conference to introduce his film Melancholia. Organization labeled him "persona non grata" because of his inflammatory comments about the Nazis and Hitler.Here's the festival announcement:
"The Festival de Cannes provides artists from around the world with an exceptional forum to present their works and defend freedom of expression and creation. The Festival’s Board of Directors, which held an extraordinary meeting this Thursday 19 May 2011, profoundly regrets that this forum has been used by Lars Von Trier to express comments that are unacceptable, intolerable, and contrary to the ideals of humanity and generosity that preside over the very existence of the Festival.
The Board of Directors firmly condemns these comments and declares Lars Von Trier a persona non grata at the Festival de Cannes, with effect immediately."
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