A slither more info about Lars von Trier’s Melancholia

Last week I blogged aboout the next project from legendary cult director Lars von Trier – a US$7 million “psychological drama-cum-disaster movie” titled Melancholia. I noted that nothing is known about the story other than it “takes its name from ‘Planet Melancholia,’ an enormous planet that supposedly lingers precariously close to earth” and “it won’t be an alien invasion flick.”

Last night I spoke with von Trier about his most recent film AntiChrist (released November 26 in Australia) as well as his notorious reputation in the film industry and his ongoing battle with depression. I can’t publish the interview, because it’s for a story for an upcoming edition of Spook Magazine (which, if you haven’t read yet, you damn well should) but I can tell you that I pressed von Trier for a little more information about Melancholia, and here’s what he said:

“I don’t know very much more about it. It’s a film about two sisters, I can tell you, and a planet called Melancholia. It’s not gonna be a SCI-FI in the sense of a lot of nuclear weapons, you know, being detonated and people in space crashes and such. That’s not how it’s going to be. It’s going to be a small storyline like AntiChrist with a few people in it.”

I asked the hard-hitting director of downers such as Dancer in the Dark and Breaking the Waves about his (taking the piss) comment about the film – “no more happy endings” – and he replied with:

“Yeah…I’ve been too kind on the audience until now.”