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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 30, 2014 3:12 PM UTC  Director Lars Von Trier attends the "Melancholia" photocall at the Palais des Festivals during the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2011 in Cannes, France. Director Lars Von Trier attends the "Melancholia" photocall at the Palais des Festivals during the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2011 in Cannes, France.Vittorio Zunino Celotto—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 30, 2014 3:12 PM UTC Danish director Lars von Trier touched on an age-old debate over whether self-destruction fuels creativity when he announced that [he has sought treatment for drugs and alcohol addiction](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/28/lars-von-trier-i-was-addicted-to-drugs-and-alcohol) and is attending AA meetings, but isn’t sure what that means for his career in cinema. In an interview with Danish newspaper Politiken, the 58-year-old filmmaker behind _Melancholia_, _Dogville_ and _Nymphomaniac_ said he used to drink a bottle of vodka a day in order to enter a “parallel world” where he could be creative, _The Guardian_ reports. Von Trier said that most of his films were written under the influence and that he worries he will produce only “sh-tty films” in sobriety. “There is no creative expression of artistic value that has ever been produced by ex-drunkards and ex-drug addicts,” he said. “Who the hell would bother with a Rolling Stones without booze or with a Jimi Hendrix without heroin?” The conversation was von Trier’s first major interview since 2011, when he was declared a persona non-grata by Cannes Film Festival officials for expressing sympathy for Adolf Hitler. \[[_The Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/28/lars-von-trier-i-was-addicted-to-drugs-and-alcohol)\] Lars von Trier Worries He Can't Make Movies Now That He's Sober ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3610800/lars-von-trier-movies-sobriety/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3610800/lars-von-trier-movies-sobriety/"},"headline":"Lars von Trier Worries He Can't Make Movies Now That He's Sober","datePublished":"2014-11-30T15:12:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:27:11.111Z","description":"The 58-year-old director said in a rare interview that most of his work was created under the influence","url":"https://time.com/3610800/lars-von-trier-movies-sobriety/","keywords":["celebrities","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb00874c8bcf5ed29/69876b7bcd1bba73986f3ce2/lars-von-trier.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb00874c8bcf5ed29/69876b7bcd1bba73986f3ce2/lars-von-trier.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Melancholia\" Photocall - 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival","caption":"\"Melancholia\" Photocall - 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival","creditText":"Vittorio Zunino Celotto—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3610800/lars-von-trier-movies-sobriety/","name":"Lars von Trier Worries He Can't Make Movies Now That He's Sober"}}]}] ```