But the reception seemed just about right, I think.”Asked about his research for the film, Von Trier said he had read a lot of Patricia Highsmith and that it was “a pleasure to write”. Von Trier paid tribute to the festival director, Thierry Frémaux, whom he said had been “working very hard for me … for some reason, it was difficult to remove the persona non grata thing”. The out-of-competition slot for The House That Jack Built was, he believed, “a little piece of remaining punishment”. He added that the high anxiety of his return to the film festival meant that his temperance was on pause. “At Cannes it’s impossible not to drink, so I’m taking a little holiday from the programme at the moment.

Source: The Guardian May 17, 2018 09:30 UTC