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PATREON EXCLUSIVE: The House That Jack Built (2018) (Patreon)

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2024-04-27 03:44:43
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PATREON EXCLUSIVE REACTION: The House That Jack Built ***THIS ONE AIN'T FOR THE FAINT OF HEART Y'ALL!!*** For any of you unfamiliar with the Legend's Movie Pick of the Month, this is where each member of the Legends Tier can suggest a favorite movie of any era or genre for me to watch, and then a winning suggestion is chosen at random for a Patrons Only reaction.

I would like to extend a big CONGRATULATIONS to Legend *Jimmie V* for his suggestion of the latest winning title: The House That Jack Built. This was my first foray into Lars von Trier's work, and I have to say that I was impressed. In my opinion, this was a career-best performance for Matt Dillon, and the movie itself had a Dexter-meets-Coen Brothers-meets-Tarantino feel to it. But even that description betrays the true originality of this film.

I've provided the unblurred version up top via Streamable (just click the photo thumbnail), and the link for the blurred YouTube version can be found here: https://youtu.be/hiIdF2kg6kE. For those watching the YouTube version, remember that you'll need your own copy to sync up.

Thanks again to Jimmie V and ALL of you incredible Patrons for your support! I hope that you enjoy this reaction :)

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Jimmie V

I'm SO glad you made it through and enjoyed it! Again, thanks for doing this, it's really fun. Anyway, just gonna try to be good and respond to things/questions before I forget and then never do it because it's been too long: 1. You weren't sure if it was horror or thriller, but it's primarily considered an art-house film (i.e., prioritize artistic expression and experimentation over traditional storytelling). Director (and yes, always a writer) Lars von Trier is a big name in that genre and yes, a lot of his films are like this, but they're not all violent, gory or horror-adjacent per se (always dark though). I'd REALLY recommend you explore more of his stuff either on your own or in reactions (even better!), but if you do, please reach out and I can give you a thoughtful recommendation based on what you're feeling. 2. I mentioned this already, but you didn't miss much with the director's cut except more explicit shots of the kills (one thing you mentioned being happy NOT seeing IS seen in the director's cut, haha). 3. One interesting aspect of the film is how it's ostensibly a film dealing with a serial killer, but it's mostly ABOUT art and he uses serial killing as an extreme form of art to discuss the topic. Specifically, Von Trier himself has come under a lot of criticism for his films that some consider too extreme. There's even a montage towards the end when he speaks of icons that is actually a series of shots from Trier's own films (talk about getting REALLY meta). 4. I like how quick you were to pick up on the visual style changes when they reached hell. LVT's a master of mise en scene and it's amazing to see him masterfully switch between them all (some of which he really helped pioneer back in the 90s). Some of the shots in this film (and in some of his other films like Melancholia, Nymphomaniac and Antichrist) are like moving paintings. 5. You mentioned Inferno, but you didn't quite get one detail from it. In that story, the famous real-life poet, Virgil, acts as a guide through hell and so here, he does as well. 6. You mentioned the story being heavy-handed at points. The thing is, with a lot of art-house dialogue, it's WAY more dense than what you get in Hollywood (or indie and foreign film imitating Hollywood with is basically 99% of film). The characters might state explicit beliefs or messages, but that's just the general grammar and average density of the film showing, not necessarily the film revealing its card in a heavy-handed way where the message is as clear as day. Throw on top the way-more-extensive use of subtext and you end up with something that's the opposite of heavy handed where it's easy to walk away with a clear message.... rather, the film demands to be rewatched and studied to be understood. Have you ever watched any Ingmar Bergman? He's another art-house filmmaker I'd LOVE to hear your take on when it comes to his dialogue (my favorite ever, but boy is it dense). Anyway, this was way more than I planned on writing. Once again, glad you enjoyed the film, and thanks!

David vs. Film
>>136361680

" just gonna try to be good and respond to things/questions before I forget and then never do it because it's been too long" <-----omg this is me me me me me... lol 1. Thank you so much!! You know, I'm always very averse to doing any research for fear of spoilers, and I could tell right away that LVT is the kind of filmmaker that people love to talk about haha. But AFTER I watched this, I read a little about his work and realized that he did Nymphomaniac. I haven't seen that, but I definitely remember the stir that it (they? seems like there were two volumes I want to say) caused. 2. Oh God what was it? lol 3. Ahhhh interesting, interesting. Yeah, that makes sense. Although I will say this.. just addressing the "too extreme" criticism you say he's received.. I don't know much about his other works, but for what it's worth, when I watched this last week I was also watching the limited series Love & Death on HBO Max. If you're not familiar, it's a scripted dramatization of an ax murder that took place in Texas in 1980. Now it was brief, but the scene where they showed the actual killing (specifically the image and sound of the ax going into the victim's head, and then the subsequent dislodging of it) was honestly worse than anything I saw here. It was just too real and graphic. I looked up reviews of that show afterwards to see if any critics had commented on it, and there was not much at all. So the stories of movie critics leaving the theater in horror seems a little unfair and dramatic to me. Just in my humble opinion ;) 4. Thanks- yes, for some parts that felt slightly longer to me, I kind of wished the Epilogue scenes had gone on a tad bit more. 5. Ahhh very true! And I really loved the actor's performance of Verge, btw. 6. Point well-taken. Re: Ingmar Bergman, I initially mistakenly read this as Ingrid Bergman, and I thought, "Damn, that's one helluva 180." lol. But no, I haven't! I'll have to look him up. Any specific films? And YES of course!!! I'm so glad you recommneded it, and also that you stuck with the recommendation through a couple of cycles :) Thanks again so much, Jimmie

David vs. Film
>>136361680

^^^ hey make sure and let me kow that this whole comment shows because it doesn't look like it in the preview. I'll repost if not or send it to you in a DM. Patreon is weird.

David vs. Film
>>136361680

This is bizarre. I posted the comment here (desktop) and on my phone, and either way it just shows the first line!! I'm going to DM It to you, and if anyone else reads these comments and wants to see my reply that for some reason won't post, I'll send it to you too.

Jimmie V
>>136361680

So weird, since you tried again, I can read in on my phone, but not on my desktop. Oh well... anyway, just two things... 2. It shows what Jack does to Simple, not just the aftermath (only a few seconds though) And as far as Ingmar Bergman is concerned, God, I don't know where to start... The Seventh Seal is the most culturally relevant, Persona is the craziest and arguably the most film-school of the bunch if you want think, Hour of the Wolf is the one I actually recommend for him in general, but then the original version of Scenes from a Marriage (the 6 part mini series) is best for dialogue (not to be confused with the fairly recent remake on HBO). And incidentally enough, he actually DID do a film with Ingrid Bergman called Autumn Sonata that I also love.

David vs. Film
>>136361680

2. Oh yes yes yes, I'm glad I did not see that. lol. Though now I'm morbidly intrigued, but yeah... Scenes from a Marriage! Yes! I thought I recalled his name, but after a quick glance at his filmography and not recognizing anything right off, I just shrugged and moved on. Ok so I have not seen Scenes, the new or the old, but I am familiar with that one at least. Ok cool cool.. and thank you for the advice on the films!