The House That Jack Built is the new film directed by Lars Von Trier which was recently seen, thou not competing, on Cannes’ screens. The movie analyses the labyrinthine and deviated mind of a serial killer. It’s a story quite similar to the film Angst, directed by Gerald Kargl which, released in the 1980’s, affected a number of directors of the time such as Gaspar Noè.

The film was met with a wave of criticism from the audience during its premiere: “this movie is violent, sick and psycho”. In fact, a good part of the audience left the movie theatre before the end of the film. Such a reaction is in our opinion nonsensical. What should people, in fact, expect from a Lars Von Trier’s work? What’s new? Having the man repeatedly shocked the public with movies teeming with psychological and physical violence.

In The House that Jack built has a great cast, Matt Dillon is the killer while Uma Thurman and Bruno Gantz’s roles are not quite clear from the trailer’s preview.

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