
The House That Jack Built
A darkly unsettling and deliberately provocative exploration of evil, *The House That Jack Built* unfolds as a meticulous, self-proclaimed artist’s chronicle of escalating violence across the 1970s and 80s. The film doesn’t focus on the investigation or consequences of the crimes, but instead on the meticulous planning and artistic justification articulated by the architect-turned-serial killer as he commits progressively more horrific acts. Structured as a series of fragmented vignettes, the narrative increasingly descends into surreal, hellish visions, bordering on black comedy, challenging viewers not to empathize with, but to confront the unsettling capacity for cruelty within the human psyche. Rather than a conventional thriller, it’s a disturbing, boundary-pushing exercise in perspective, framing murder as a perverse form of creative expression, and forcing a contemplation of the nature of monstrosity itself.
Rolprentbesonderhede
- Regisseur
- Lars von Trier
- Vrystellingsdatum
- 2018-10-04
- Looptyd
- 152 min
- Gradering
- 7.1 / 10 (3102)
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- Matt Dillon
- Bruno Ganz













