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Horrorween Day 17 / 31: The House That Jack Built (2018) dir. Lars Von Trier: "The film had its world premiere at the Cannes International Film Festival on May 14, 2018. It was reported that more than a hundred audience members - including some critics - walked out during the premiere, though a six-minute standing ovation followed the screening. Some of the upset audience members continued to condemn the film on social media for its extreme violence and nihilistic tone."
just bought my first house all on my own 🥱💪🏻
The House That Jack Built (2018) Lars von Trier
[ID: eight stills from the movie, The House That Jack Built. first: jack stands on a chilly grassy slope, facing away from the viewer and towards a large body of water. plotted out around him are the very beginnings of a wooden building structure. second: jack, dressed in a red hooded robe, stands with virgil in a small wooden boat. nude figures struggle in the rough water around them, and behind them is a backdrop of heavy clouds and an explosion of lava. both in the strong composition and high-contrast lighting, the image is deeply reminiscent of old dramatic paintings, like those in the baroque era. third: a young boy is curled up on his side in a field of reeds, in the dark. he's covering his face with his hands. fourth: a white lamb is sleeping peacefully on green grass. this image appears to be captured on film. fifth: jack and virgil have jumped into crystalline turquoise water. their relaxed bodies are viewed from below, silhouetted by sunlight. seaweed sways and fish school around them. sixth: a large display of hunting trophies on the forest floor, viewed from directly above. the bodies of fifty black birds are lined up neatly in rows, followed by the bodies of two human children, and one human woman. these trophies are framed by a rectangle of evergreen branches. seventh image: a picturesque field of wheat, illuminated golden by the sun. a few men cut the wheat with scythes in unison. eighth image: on the same grassy slope as where jack began building a house, there now stands a minimalistic and empty structure. there are no walls or doors, the wooden skeleton is grey, and the building is depressingly small despite being two and a half stories. End ID]
The House That Jack Built (2018)
even the iron still fears the rot
If i gained a penny for every time i saw an despicable, absolutely horrible character have their comeuppance by literally falling straight into the arms of uncle lucy, in spite that they constantly tried to shoehorn themselves into heaven, i'd have two pennies, which isn't even the most surprising part
It's the fact that Disney was the first to pull it off