A prolific and admittedly controversial danish director, his work has often divided audiences, but nevertheless almost always won the hearts of critics, who admired his handling of challenging topics like existentialism, mental health, and sexuality related. Opening in theaters and vod december 14th directed by. With a mix of homevideo and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their inneridiots and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner. The film features two story lines that ultimately collide.
The danish filmmaker is an artist and professional provocateur. Among his bestknown works were breaking the waves 1996, dancer in the dark 2000, dogville 2003, antichrist 2009, and melancholia 2011. With michael elphick, esmond knight, me me lai, jerold wells. A cop in a dystopian europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor. The story follows jack, a serial killer, over the course of 12 years in the 1970s and 1980s in the u. But its nothing compared to these reallife horrors published. May 18, 2011 and i like how stellan skarsgard is just smiling kindly while lars is reaching for his approval. Vorsel and trier play themselves, coming up with a lastminute. The house that jack built official us trailer hd ifc films. Built by taking his career into an utterly bizarre and unpredictable new place.
I have taken into account all fulllength films that he has directed so far. It tells the story of a couple who, after the death of their child, retreat to a cabin in the woods where the man experiences strange visions and the woman manifests increasingly violent sexual behaviour and. Keira knightleys new film akin to love actually by lars. His work is known for its genre and technical innovation. Matt dillon stars as a serial killer in this latest film from the 62yearold danish director. A screening of an unrated version of the controversial new the house that jack built ran afoul of m. The story follows jack, a highly intelligent serial killer, over the course of twelve years, and depicts the murders that really develop his inner madman. With matt dillon, bruno ganz, uma thurman, siobhan fallon hogan. Its plot follows jack dillon, a serial killer who, over a 12year period from the late 1970s into 1980s, commits numerous murders in the u.
He was born lars trier, but while in school he added the prefix vontraditionally. No not the oafish faux pas at his cannes press conference, duly whipped up. Starring matt dillon as a serial killer, one reporter, roger. He was trolling viewers long before trolling was even a term. His new film, the typically shocking the house that jack built, is supposed to be the directors big comeback. It tells the story of a couple who, after the death of their child, retreat to a cabin in the woods where the man experiences strange visions and the woman. It walks an unsteady line between being distasteful yet somehow watchable, meaningful yet. And based on a body of work that includes breaking the waves, dogville, dancer in the dark, manderlay, the idiots, and other controversial films, hes certainly earned all those labels many times over. The business strategy behind the house that jack built, explained.