Director - Lars von Trier
Script - Lars von Trier
Camera - Manuel Alberto Claro
Cast - Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Sofie Gråbøl, Riley Keough
Producer - Louise Vesth
Production - Zentropa Entertainments
Denmark-Sweden-France-Germany, 2018, 155 min, color
USA in the 1970s. We follow the highly intelligent Jack over a span of 12 years and are introduced to the murders that define Jack’s development as a serial killer.
We experience the story from Jack’s point of view, while he postulates each murder is an artwork in itself. As the inevitable police intervention is drawing nearer, he is taking greater and greater risks in his attempt to create the ultimate artwork.
The House That Jack Built is a dark and sinister story, presented through a philosophical and occasional humorous tale.
„Every Lars von Trier movie feels like a dare, but nothing to date reaches the level of The House That Jack Built, a 155-minute portrait of a serial killer that dares to spend the duration of that running time in the confines of his disturbed mind — and, by extension, the Danish filmmaker’s as well... a graphically violent saga, which includes a few brutal death scenes involving women and children from the perspective of the man perpetuating the crimes. But its artistry transcends any precise litmus test for politically correctness. The House That Jack Built is an often-horrifying, sadistic dive into a psychotic internal monologue, with intellectual detours about the nature of art in the world today, and puts considerable effort into stimulating discomfort at key moments. If you meet the work on those terms, or at least accept the challenge of wrestling with impeccable filmmaking that dances across moral barriers, it’s also possibly brilliant.
Eric Kohn, IndieWire
USA in the 1970s. We follow the highly intelligent Jack over a span of 12 years and are introduced to the murders that define Jack’s development as a serial killer.
We experience the story from Jack’s point of view, while he postulates each murder is an artwork in itself. As the inevitable police intervention is drawing nearer, he is taking greater and greater risks in his attempt to create the ultimate artwork.
The House That Jack Built is a dark and sinister story, presented through a philosophical and occasional humorous tale.
„Every Lars von Trier movie feels like a dare, but nothing to date reaches the level of The House That Jack Built, a 155-minute portrait of a serial killer that dares to spend the duration of that running time in the confines of his disturbed mind — and, by extension, the Danish filmmaker’s as well... a graphically violent saga, which includes a few brutal death scenes involving women and children from the perspective of the man perpetuating the crimes. But its artistry transcends any precise litmus test for politically correctness. The House That Jack Built is an often-horrifying, sadistic dive into a psychotic internal monologue, with intellectual detours about the nature of art in the world today, and puts considerable effort into stimulating discomfort at key moments. If you meet the work on those terms, or at least accept the challenge of wrestling with impeccable filmmaking that dances across moral barriers, it’s also possibly brilliant.
Eric Kohn, IndieWire
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS -
Cannes '18 – Out of Competition
Program
- 16.03.2019
”LUMIERE LIDL” CINEMA - 20.15 часа - 14.03.2019
CINE GRAND PARK CENTER - 19.00 часа - 10.03.2019
EURO CINEMA - 17.15 часа - 15.03.2019
EURO CINEMA - 21.00 часа - 22.03.2019
EURO CINEMA - 21.00 часа - 30.03.2019
DOM NA KINOTO - 20.30 часа - 23.03.2019
INSTITUT FRANCAIS - CINEMA "SLAVEÏKOV" - 19.45 часа - 09.03.2019
CULTURE CENTER “G8” - 20.45 часа - 17.03.2019
CULTURE CENTER “G8” - 19.00 часа
