So Pietta came home from milking class yesterday all a twitter because Lars von Trier is filming his latest movie in Køgehoffenborg. I was pretty excited about it too. I think the guy is very talented, and in my opinion he gets way too much of bad rap. So what if "evidence" suggests he tried to kill his wife? I've always thought there was way more to the story. I mean, why would a rich guy want to kill his wife? Wife-killing is a poor people's crime. Von Trier would never stoop to something as lowbrow as that. The guy has class and lots of cool, expensive cars. Regardless, it was good to hear that he's moved on with his life. I haven't seen any of his fims, but Pietta raves about them. Good for him!

We took a horse taxi down to Town Square and watched von Trier at work. He looked way different than he did when Jeremy Irons played him in that movie. For one, he had a full beard. Not sure I liked it. I suppose it helps him maintain some anonymity, but it's pretty scraggly-looking. Didn't help that he wore a huge winter cap with big flappy ear flaps either. He looked like a long lost MacKenzie brother.

His cast was dressed pretty weirdly too. They were shoeless and wore drabby grey clothing, all except one who was dressed in red spandex from head to toe. He kind of looked like some sort of post modern Santa Claus. It wasn't very festive, though. von Trier directed the people dressed in grey to walk slowly in single file in a big circle around Santa. Every once in a while Santa would approach a grey person and whack them with an ottoman. Then, after a few cast members had been beaten down by Santa, they carted a polar bear out and a nun spun plates off of its nose.

I didn't get it.

Still, it was fascinating to watch von Trier work. He really was a craftsman. When he didn't like the way Santa was beating the grey people with an ottoman, von Trier picked up the ottoman and urinated on it. Then he ordered Santa to do the jitterbug or else he'd be dismissed from the set. While Santa jitterbugged, von Trier clipped his toenails and wept. Then he made out with a guy dressed up as an American Indian. Not sure if he was an actor or a real American Indian, but after they made out, von Trier hit him with an ottoman.

Now that I think about it, maybe he did try to kill his wife...

At any rate, Pietta and I signed up to be extras. I'm pretty excited about it. I've never been in a movie before. Have always wanted to, and now's my chance! It seems with like leaving my American family and moving to rural Denmark is finally paying off!

I just hope I don't get beaten with an ottoman.

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