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Von Trier cancelled the film immediately because, it would, according to him, \u00bbbe like saying: \u2019The butler did it.\u2019\u00ab<\/p>\n<h2>Therapeutic process<\/h2>\n<p>Von Trier skirts around a number of the questions posed to him, sometimes seeming to deliberately get off track and toy with the interviewer, at one point insisting, \u00bbplease allow me not to<br \/>\nanswer all questions. 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Von Trier cancelled the film immediately because, it would, according to him, \u00bbbe like saying: \u2019The butler did it.\u2019\u00ab<\/p>\n<h2>Therapeutic process<\/h2>\n<p>Von Trier skirts around a number of the questions posed to him, sometimes seeming to deliberately get off track and toy with the interviewer, at one point insisting, \u00bbplease allow me not to<br \/>\nanswer all questions. Because I remember somebody saying that you shouldn\u2019t ask the chicken about the chicken soup.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>In spite of these avoidance tactics, he does also intimate that the film was a form of personal catharsis, saying, \u00bbthe film is of course also about the therapy that I have gone through myself.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h2>Chaos reigns<\/h2>\n<p>However, the interview leaves no doubt that Von Trier still possesses a sense of humour. <\/p>\n<p>When asked about the symbolism of the talking fox in the film he says, \u00bbI cut out a lot of the talking, and there\u2019s just one line left for the fox now. 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