![After every take, Lars [von Trier] came up to me and said, ‘You see, he’s much better than you are!’
I’d say, ‘Lars, that’s evolution for you!’
— Stellan Skarsgard on his son, Alexander Skarsgard
(Source: movieScopeMag.com, Photo credit: MelancholiatheMovie.com)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyldlh6yGG1qc5buuo1_1280.jpg)
After every take, Lars [von Trier] came up to me and said, ‘You see, he’s much better than you are!’
I’d say, ‘Lars, that’s evolution for you!’
— Stellan Skarsgard on his son, Alexander Skarsgard
(Source: movieScopeMag.com, Photo credit: MelancholiatheMovie.com)
“I’m just doing stuff for Melancholia the whole weekend and I’m excited to share the movie with people out here. It’s a little movie about the end of the world. It was just an amazing ensemble and working with Lars von Trier, the director, is just a dream come true for any actor. You’re so free. You can do whatever you want. He’s so open to kind of the collaborative process. It’s wonderful.
I’ve been shooting a movie in New York for two months so I’ve been going out here on weekends. I’m on a flight on Sundays. I’m hoping to have a good time out here.”
— Alexander Skarsgard at the Hamptons International Film Festival
(Source: Melancholia Red Carpet Video, My Cap)
New animated Melancholia poster featuring Alexander Skarsgard and Kirsten Dunst. Click here to see and hear the full effect.
(Source: Movies.yahoo.com)
Melancholia poster featured at the 2011 New York Film Festival. Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgard and Kiefer Sutherland receive top billing.
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”He doesn’t block the scenes, even complicated ones involving cars so 98% of the first takes are a disaster, but then there are these moments you can’t recreate.”
— Alexander Skarsgard on Lars von Trier
(Source: NYFF Melancholia Q & A via FilmLinc twitter, Photo credit: NYFF)
“Last night I had the privilege of attending the North American premiere of Lars von Trier‘s ‘Melancholia‘ at the Toronto International Film Festival…First up was Kiefer Sutherland who waved to the fans before heading over to the press area. About 10 minutes later Skarsgard arrived and he immediately came over to the area where all the fans were. He spent about 20 minutes taking pictures and signing autographs with fans and was extremely gracious trying to get to as many people as he could. The TIFF volunteers had to speak to the crowd a few times because people at the front were getting crushed once Alex appeared.”
(Source: TrueBloodFanSource.com, Photo credit: Jaimie Dalton)
Close-up of Alexander Skarsgard at the Toronto Film Festival (September 10, 2011)
This one’s a little blurry but I love the beautiful, genuine smile on his face.
(Source: TrueBloodFanSource.com, Photo credit: Jaimie Dalton)
Melancholia Character Posters….
Lars Von Trier seems to have taken to heart the old Groucho Marx adage of not belonging to any club that will have him as a member. The director who famously ruffled feathers this spring at Cannes with his terrible Nazi “joke”—and who caused more consternation by not apologizing for it—has decided to give himself a character poster for the U.K. release of “Melancholia.” What’s more, his is the only one stamped with an “official” Cannes Persona Non Grata stamp. You gotta love it.
But it’s not just LVT giving himself some love, as Empire have unveiled the individual one sheets for Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgård and John Hurt as well. It’s actually pretty remarkable to see a strictly arthouse film get such a marketing bonanza. Not even “Tree Of Life” had character posters or even multiple trailers and LVT’s pic is certainly much more niche. And “Melancholia” itself is far from a crowd pleaser, taking viewers on a pretty beautiful but punishing journey into the depths of depression via an impending apocalypse. But then again, no one provokes and stirs up audiences quite like LVT, and he’s never quite had this starry a cast, so it’s a good play on behalf of Artificial Eye.
“Melancholia” will open on U.K. screens this Friday, and on this side of the ocean will hit NYFF, which starts this weekend. The film will go VOD on October 7th before getting a limited release on November 11th.
(Source: IndieWire.com, Posters via EmpireOnline.com)
