Lars Von Trier has extended the research time for his controversial porn film - because he likes listening to women talk about their sex lives.
The maverick director, who shocked the world at this year's (11) Cannes Film Festival by talking favourably about the Nazis, is planning to make an explicit new film exploring the sex drive of women.
And, to research the project, he has asked a number of ex-lovers and old friends for their sex stories and fantasies.
He says, "If you take a woman of 50 or 60 who has been sexually active, they will talk for hours.
"This is fantastic, it's a pleasure and I smile all the way, and that's why I want to extend the research time. You have no idea how dirty the female mind is!"
Von Trier hopes to reteam with longtime collaborator Stellan Skarsgard and his Melancholia star Kirsten Dunst for the film, tentatively titled Nymphomaniac.
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