A few months ago Danish director Lars von Trier got himself into some trouble after he casually mentioned at the Cannes Film Festival, as one does, that he, you know, sympathizes just a bit with Adolf Hitler. "I can see him sitting in his bunker in the end,” he said. Poor little Hitler!

Well, to no one's surprise, people got upset. Silly Lars, you're not supposed to like Hitler! Especially when you follow that sort of sentiment with, "But I like Jews! Ha ha, just kidding, Israel is kind of annoying, am I right?" So von Trier was booted from Cannes, although his new film Melancholia (which looks long and weird and sad) picked up an award for Kirsten Dunst's performance.

So, he stopped talking about Hitler, right? Uh. No?

Well, see, then he was like, "Hey, GQ? I was just kidding about being sorry. See, I was just kidding before, too, because that's how comedy works. I'm funny! Hitler! Ha ha!" He must be into some new kind of meta comedy that has so many layers that you just can't find the joke.

Now the Danish police are involved, having been tasked with the tough mission of finding the joke. Today, via his publicist, von Trier announced the following:

Today at 2 pm I was questioned by the Police of North Zealand in connection with charges made by the prosecution of Grasse in France from August 2011 regarding a possible violation of prohibition in French law against justification of war crimes. The investigation covers comments made during the press conference in Cannes in May 2011. Due to these serious accusations, I have realized that I do not possess the skills to express myself unequivocally and I have therefore decided from this day forth to refrain from all public statements and interviews.

So there you have it! He promises this time to shut it! If you can't wait von Trier to open his fat mouth again (or at least perfect his comedic timing), take this as an opportunity to re-watch the video in which he made his famous comments.

"I understand Hitler. Kirsten knows what I'm talking about, right?!"