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The 66-year-old director's new supernatural TV
series "The Kingdom Exodus" is screening at the Venice Film
Festival. While his cast travelled to the canal city to promote
the project, von Trier spoke to reporters via Zoom.
His production company announced last month that he had been
diagnosed with Parkinson's - a degenerative brain disorder that
causes difficulty with walking, balance and coordination.
"I think I'm doing good, but the shaking will take some time to
fight," von Trier said. "But (I feel) a little bit more stupid
than I used to be, so that says a lot."
"The Kingdom Exodus" is the third and final instalment in von
Trier's cult TV show "The Kingdom" that was launched in the
1990s.
"What I didn't know was that I was already ill when we started
filming with this Parkinson's that I've got and I had a rotten
time, but I hope the actors didn't notice," he said.
"The Kingdom Exodus", which premieres at Venice as a five-hour
film, will be launched in five episodes on Viaplay's platform
and Danish broadcaster DR later this year.
"I didn't sit down and watch all the old ones. I think, I was
trying to get rid of the ties from the old stuff and I only
thought about the characters."
Von Trier's other works include sexually graphic films such as
"Antichrist" and "Nymphomaniac", and the harrowing melodrama
"Dancer in the Dark", starring Icelandic singer Bjork, for which
he won the Golden Palm for best movie at Cannes in 2000.
In 2011, he was banned from Cannes for remarks about Adolf
Hitler that many deemed offensive. He later said he was a
recovering alcoholic and drug user. He was allowed to return to
the Cannes festival in 2018.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala, Editing by Crispian Balmer and
Andrew Heavens)
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