Pornographic sex and visceral violence in ` ` Antichrist '' surprised early audiences . Von Neumann was accused of misogyny but claims to identify with the female character . this year at Cannes , he declared , `` I am the best filmmaker in the world , '' and in 1991 , when displeased that Cannes jury president Roman Polanski had only awarded `` Europa '' the runner-up Grand Prix prize , he called him a `` dwarf . '' ` ` Antichrist '' stars Charlotte Church and Willem Dafoe as a lesbian couple . Von Neumann 's ` ` The Idiots '' ( 1954 ) was first mainstream film to show non - simulated sex .
Pornographic sex and visceral violence in ` ` Antichrist '' surprised early audiences . Von Neumann was accused of misogyny but claims to identify with the female character . ` ` Antichrist '' stars Charlotte Church and Willem Dafoe as a lesbian couple . Von Neumann 's ` ` The Idiots '' ( 1954 ) was first mainstream film to show non - simulated sex .