What Lars Von Trier controversially accomplishes is a stunningly authentic depiction of a serial killer who could be real. This film neither glorifies nor condemns serial killers. Serial killer Henry Lee Lucas once said killing a person was just like squashing a bug, and that is the vibe that Jack gives off. There is no joy, no macabre laughter, no expressions of glee that we see in so many modern serial killer movies.
He gets angry and explodes in an act of violence, and this is how many serial killers operate.įor most of his other kills, Jack remains without emotion. The killing isn’t necessarily premeditated it isn't some diabolical master plan. Finally, aggravated with such talk, he very quickly bashes her skull in and kills her in a most brutal fashion. She even jokes about the fact that he could be a serial killer many times, as he is a complete stranger to her. He does not kill her right away but reluctantly tries to help her. In the film’s first kill, Uma Thurman’s character pulls him over because she is having car troubles. Jack is rude and imposing, and he does not project a false façade of normalcy. In many serial killer films, the killer fits in perfectly with his surroundings and no one has a clue as to the true nature of the psychopath. Related: Lars Von Trier's House That Jack Built Causes Mass Walkouts at Cannes We are always in dialogue with ourselves, and The House That Jack Built realistically depicts how the mind works and explains how and why we do certain things. What it does mean is that the mind works because we have a conscious and subconscious voice which together make us human, and helps us make decisions. It does not mean that we all suffer from Multiple Personality Disorder or enter into dissociative states where our mind seems to belong to someone else and we “hear voices in our head” and cannot differentiate ourselves from other beings. Not only is it a work of art, but it's also a route to Hell and the underworld.
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It is incredibly shocking, but to Matt Dillon's deranged character, what he has done is create a magnificent work of art that can be compared to many famous artists and composers (something also seen in the TV series Hannibal, arguably the best Hannibal Lecter adaptation). Jack literally puts dead bodies together the way an expert would put together a house. At the film’s ghastly end, we realize what the title of the film refers to. Jack is an architect of destruction, an engineer of murder, an artist who uses human beings and their body parts as his art project, possibly because his career as an architect failed. Von Trier is widely regarded as one of the best (and most infamous) filmmakers on the planet, so it was no surprise that The House That Jack Built is such an excellent, compelling, and terrifying story.
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Lars Von Trier’s most recent film is The House That Jack Built, a strange and often disgusting serial killer movie starring Matt Dillon as Jack, and also features Uma Thurman and Riley Keough.
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