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July 29, 2005
Will I be able to get through Customs?: Vinterberg on McCarthyism
The Evening Standard's Charlotte O'Sullivan chats up Thomas Vinterberg on the eve of Dear Wendy's UK release: "Variety's Todd McCarthy... slammed it as "anti-American". "Oh, yeah," sighs the Danish Vinterberg, "he bombed it. I'm angry, because the label is going to stick. Unfortunately, he represents a lot of people, the older part of our target audience anyway. They're tired, they're embarrassed by their country but they don't want to hear it, it's like having a disabled brother; you don't want other people to point it out." On working from Trier's script: "People said: 'It will be bad for your image. People will think you're Lars von Trier's right hand.'" He went ahead and doesn't regret the experiment, though it has "finalised" their collaboration. Finalised? He smiles. "Like I don't want to do it again... Do you think this will affect my career in the States? ... Do you think I will be able to get through Customs?"
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