I unfortunately saw Lars Von Trier’s The House That Jack Built down in Cannes back in May, and while it isn’t one of my favourite films of the year, you have to take your hat off to the filmmaker for getting tongues wagging. I didn’t like the film – I saw critics visibly putting the middle finger up to the movie in the auditorium in Cannes as they walked out – but who knows, you may like it more than them, and me. The great thing with cinema is that you can make up your own mind. Today, I have some The House That Jack Built posters to share, and these are as equally messed up as the film it promotes.
The House That Jack Built posters land online
Here’s the official synopsis for The House That Jack Built, if you’re not familiar yet.
The House That Jack Built is a 2018 psychological horror film written and directed by Lars von Trier, starring Matt Dillon in the title role of Jack. The story follows Jack, a serial killer, over the course of 12 years in the 1970s and 1980s in the U.S. state of Washington.
You can read a segment from my review from Cannes below. I didn’t all out hate the movie, and I did try to see the positives in it.
One thing’s for sure, Dillon is magnificent in a very brave role to take on – he may even be at a career best as Jack, but a stand-out performance is such a film that will be so lambasted over the coming months leading to release, it’ll be interesting if any recognition comes its way.
As horrible and cruel as the film is, it’s hard not to applaud the technical aspects and indeed the fact that Von Trier is a very good filmmaker. The final fifteen minutes of The House That Jack Built sees the film shift gears into a different realm – for the good – but because of the rampant, harsh, very difficult to watch, very long build-up, Von Trier can’t be forgiven.
It’s very difficult to sit on the fence in terms of opinion of a Von Trier, and this is the filmmaker at his most polarising. The House That Jack Built is an uncompromising, barbaric, distressing watch, and one very difficult to stomach. Just the way Lars likes it.
These The House That Jack Built posters feature all of the main cast, as well as the director himself. Check them out below.
