The House That Jack Built

Another self-portrait by Lars von Trier, a variation on the theme of "Divine Comedy."

Engineer Jack dreams of building his own house, and he also kills people. In the 1970s setting, Jack has a theory about death as an art (or art as death), which he describes to someone named Virgil, providing juicy examples from his own practice. In this bloody confession, wrapped in a package of desperate and kitschy provocation, the victims of the engineer include Uma Thurman, Riley Keough, and others.

Variety's editor Ramin Setoodeh wrote: "Watching the film was one of the most unpleasant experiences of my life." Many viewers left the cinema. Despite the exaggerated cruelty, the others applauded, standing at the end of the film. The French magazine "Cahiers du Cinéma" named the film one of the best in 2018. So come at your own risk, consider yourself warned.