The House That Jack Built - (Lars von Trier; November 29, 2018) Movie • Page 2

It’s weird, I feel like this was getting fucking savaged after it premiered but now all the notices I’ve seen are pretty surprisingly positive.

 

It’s crazy (stupid) that’s it’s easier for me to purchase a semi automatic in America than it is to watch/purchase a directors cut of this movie. Anyways, excited to check this out today

 

Festival reception, especially negative reception at Cannes, is always pretty whack. I get why people would write this film off, in 2018, upon initially watching it. It’s hard to really reckon with the weightier ideas of a film when you’re watching 4/5 a day. I’m glad the consensus has shifted with a wider audience.

 

I felt similarly.

 

Should I rent this on Amazon or wait for the directors cut?

 

From what I understand the directors cut is four minutes longer; cannot be that much different.

 

Yeah I'm curious what the extra footage is in the directors cut.

 

My understanding with the director’s cut is that there is more gore and it was cut to appease the ratings board (s).

I’m curious which version of the film I saw in October because the festival didn’t advertise it one way or another.

 

Well, I probably can't casually listen to "Fame" ever again.

 

Watched this on Saturday and it was everything I wanted, and more with that ending. If they ever remake American Psycho I'd appreciate something more along the lines of this.

 

This was great.

 

I really liked this movie, but didn't love it like I expected to.

 

Yeah this was very well done.

 

I’m still wrestling with how to approach LVT and am apprehensive about praising him at this point but that being said

That was such a wild experience and that ending was so unexpected. It is a difficult watch but I think it’s unfair to call it gratuitous. It wasn’t as vile as I expected and the philosophical musings make up as much of the film as the graphic parts do. He’s obviously wrestling with his past work and in provoking the viewer I feel like he’s letting us in on the conversation. I still don’t feel like I have any answers to the ideas of decay, violence or the nature of art but I think it was bold to both implicate and invite us into the dialogue

I’ll be thinking about this for a while. If anybody has interesting articles besides the one on the first page plz link em

 

Haven't actually read these yet but they're from the two publications that I view as the most insightful wrt film writing. One is an interview with LVT and the other is an essay/review.

The House That Jack Built
http://cinema-scope.com/cinema-scop...ca-likes-me-an-interview-with-lars-von-trier/

 

Thanks budbud, gonna dive into these after dinner

 

Definitely gotta read more about Dante’s Inferno

 

on hulu

 

I’ve been very curious about this. I feel like I know what I’m getting with a Lars movie but the review for it really piqued my interest.

 

I'll give it a watch this weekend