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The House That Jack Built (Lars VonTrier)

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  • 15-05-2018 8:23pm
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    Liam McPoyle
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    The latest work from LVT has caused somewhat of a stir at the Cannes when at last night's screening allegedly over 100 people walked out with many taking to Twitter to vent their ire.

    Matt Dillon plays the titular Jack, a serial killer.

    Much of the uproar comes from the apparent on screen killing of children. That is certainly one of the last taboos in cinema and Lars certainly doesn't shy away from the controversial. A 2.5 hour run time sounds quite bloated but the trailer has really piqued my interest. It's getting released late this year.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8codfzyaGMU


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    CatFromHue
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    that's a very good second half to that trailer.


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    dreamers75
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    Is this a dark comedy?


    I kinda laughed a few times during that.


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    Liam McPoyle
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    dreamers75 wrote: »
    Is this a dark comedy?


    I kinda laughed a few times during that.

    It certainly has that vibe and it wouldn't be an alien concept to LVT. The scene with the body being dragged behind the car in particular.


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    Harry Palmr
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    I always have a good laugh when people go to film basically knowing what's coming and then storm out in high dudgeon!


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    Fysh
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    I always have a good laugh when people go to film basically knowing what's coming and then storm out in high dudgeon!

    It certainly makes you wonder what they thought a Von Trier film would be, if what sounds like textbook Von Trier upset them that much...


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    Decuc500
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    Von Trier certainly got the reaction he was looking for anyway.

    This looks like the sort of childish art-house horror nonsense that I tend to avoid these days.

    I hope the already infamous duckling mutilation scene isn’t real, but with this director I would fear the worst.


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    Not really a fan of his work, but this does have the feel of a dark comedy, thats the way i see it anyway. Its looks interesting.


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    samck1996
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    The weird world of Lars von Trier...


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    bnt
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    Full trailer (red band):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6DuLPGZIoQ


    :eek:

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    Sandor Clegane
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    Not bad. The run time was a bit bloated alright but I enjoyed it.
    The Duckling scene made me wince a bit.


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    Frank O. Pinion
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    Excellent film, one of the best of 2018. But...not quite as good as some of Von Trier's other films. Definitely not as provocative as the uncut version of Nymphomaniac, which was a pure masterpiece.

    With the subject material, I was expected something much sicker, twisted, and much more boundary pushing than what we got. Besides the family hunt scene, it wasn't outrageous or anything for a serial killer film.


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