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February 02, 2008
creative accountancy
I remember sitting in a television studio in Glasgow when my friend Adrian came in and announced that the number of accountants had just overtaken the number of programme makers. It was 1996.
Lars von Trier's company, Zentropa, has a good policy when it comes to accountants. They won't employ a lawyer or accountant unless they can play an instrument.
Lars von Trier, filming Dogville
Zentropa have lots of rituals in Filmbyen, literally Film Town, in Denmark. For instance every time a new script goes into production it's ceremonially dunked in tea in a teacup that once belonged to Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer.
Nothing wrong with that.
Posted by john at February 2, 2008 07:19 PM