The Brutality Of THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 

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Okay I have a completely different interpretation of the scene with the woman who keeps pestiring him about being a serial killer. It's all retold from Jack's POV so in my view she didn't literally taunt him to murder her, he's just either remembering it the way he wants to or just straight up lies to the audience about how that encounter happens. Of course he thinks he was just being helpful and it's all her fault for annoying him into murdering him even though no-one would ever talk like that woman did in his retelling.

The final circle of hell in Dante’s Inferno is a frozen wasteland. Jack built his house of corpses in his freezer, symbolizing how Jack’s killings would eventually lead him into the deepest part of Hell. In other words, his actions were as if he was building his house/resting place in hell.

I’ve always like the idea that since jack is the one telling the story it can easily be believed that he paints his victims the way he does as almost a justification of his crimes. Like his victims are too stupid to avoid being killed by him, or like they taunted him into killing them. I’m assuming all the stories he told actually played out far differently.

I think "Verge" is meant to be a reference to Virgil from Dante's inferno. And Jack is supposed to be Dante himself exploring seven layers of hell. He's even wearing a crimson cape Dante is often depicted wearing.

Apparently this movie is told primarily if not entirely from Jacks POV. For example the woman annoying him to the point that he wants to kill her is how he remembers it, not necessarily how it actually happened. That also applies to the end, where Jack may have never even built his house and died before. This is how he wants to see the Incidents.

Jack lowkey looks like a mixture of Jim Carrey, Joaquin Phoenix and Gypsy Crusader

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a good torture for him would be that he has to build his house for an eternity and it will never be perfect

I told my friends constantly I loved this movie and they need to watch it, with a wonderful interpretation of Dante's Inferno at our modern society, with topic between art and atrocities. They get excited. They watch it. Now I have no friends.

one thing i think a lot of people miss is that the family wasn’t just a single mother with two kids. it was a HIS family. a family that he created with his only intention being to kill them as a form of art. this fact plays a role in furthering how “psychotic” he is. given his personality it’s clear how painful it would be for him to have a wife let alone two children for however long it took to get to this point. But he did it because of how important the art was to him.

1st incident: Wrath 2nd incident: Greed 3rd incident: Gluttony 4th incident: Lust 5th incident: Pride

2.5 hours and after the movie, all I wanted to see was more about Jack in hell.

I was just impressed that Matt Dillon had it in him to play a role like this. Just leagues apart from everything I've ever seen him in.

The part that bothers me the most is the hunting scene. I could feel my soul burn there

This movie was incredibly uncomfortable to watch, particularly the animal and child cruelty, but Antichrist is the Von Trier movie that really f-ed me up. Maybe I was just more prepared for what I was in for with this one.

The greatest punishment for a serial killer is to be unimportant and forgotten.This film is the UTMOST AWARD for a serial killer. Bravo Lars 👏🏼

One of the best films ever. I remember hearing an interview where Matt Dillon was initially worried about watching the film, but Lars told him to sit on it for a few days and then make a judgment. I found that advice has worked brilliantly for me because, after watching it again for a second time, it's amazing how such a dark, disturbing film can be so strangely hopeful by the end. There's something cathartic about watching Jack go through hell only to fail (as all delusional killers have before and will after). I joked with a few friends that if this was called "The House That Joker Built" it would have won a dozen Oscars.

the way they incorporate the color red throughout the whole movie is such a cool detail i wish more films pursued

I enjoyed the symbolism. I've worked on cars for years and the fact that the car jack was red jumped out so quickly. What the color exactly represents is still a bit of mystery to me.

It's really nice to find somebody who feels the same way that I do about this movie. It's a masterpiece. I think it went over a lot of people's heads which is unfortunate. The subtext, the layers, the beautiful cinematography make it a far more immersive experience even knowing the director's intention and message.

I hate Lars Von Trier, yet I always end up watching his films out of curiosity as to "what's he done now?".

I ve always believed that Matt Dillon is Jim Carreys doppelganger..

The ending is a play on The divine comedy, verge represents Vergil who guided Dante through hell. What’s also interesting is that Dante was known for wearing red so I think if he was killed it was when he put on the red cloak.

It's impressive that the main icon villain from the movie 2003 oldboy has a small camo role that you hardly recognize him in being one the tied up men. Just shows how a big fan he is to be part of the movie that he travels across the world to be in it.

The feature sure tests your personal views alot but one thing im really impressed with is Dillons acting as Jack.

This movie was genuinely disturbing for me, I've watched plenty of horror movies before but nearly every movie with a serial killer has some sort of motive. Eradication of humanity, revenge, jealously, etc. Just something that drives them, but Jack seemingly doesn't, he just kills people for pointless reasons for the sake of it. That to me makes it so much more disturbing.

I’m 11 minutes in. And this is one of the most interesting movie reviews I’ve seen yet. I’m DEFINITELY watching this at some point.

I know this is an old video but this movie inspired a lot of theories from myself and others so I’m just gonna throw my two cents in You don’t mention it in the video, but in Jack’s freezer of bodies he mentions throughout the movie that there is an interior door that he can’t open. Like, throughout the whole movie is just doesn’t budge. In the last ‘incident’ (where he wants to execute five different men), he can’t get his scope to focus because he’s too close. Noticing this, he tries the door he couldn’t open once more but this time actually does get it open, which is where Verge is sitting and waiting and how their conversation begins. I believe that when he opens that door is actually when he dies. I think he was shot by the police who followed him there from the trailer home of his ‘friend’ that he killed (I doubt that there was just the one police officer that responded to take him in - the one that he killed. Perhaps that officer’s partner followed Jack to his freezer). In the movie they cut through the door? And shoot through it randomly and without a visual even though there are still five alive men in there? That part is always surreal and doesn’t make any sense, so I do believe that it’s just another detail that was lost to Jack’s unreliable narration. He includes that the police shoot - and I think that’s how he dies. One of the shots does end up hitting his ‘house’, which I also don’t think he actually ‘built’ since there was not enough time to do all that (not only to manoeuvre all those bodies around but he would have also had to set up rigging on the ceiling and such to hold them all in place). Maybe the final ‘house” is meant to represent not only his failure as an architect, but also his final resting place. Like his grave. Either way, I believe the opening of the extra room in the freezer indicates his death, and everything that comes after that (with building the house and the police shooting through a hole in the door) is just Jack trying to make his quick and glory-less death more interesting than it actually was

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The last scene the Dante’s inferno bit was absolutely splendid, beautiful …magnificent!

This movie and "The Women" caught me Completely of guard. 2 of the Best and Disturbing horror movies Ever. PS: All that scene with Jack and the Mother and kids...well even for my tolerance to brutality and horror, i can say that still messes with my mind to say the least.

Hearing about this movie is always weird because I distinctly remember reading a children's book that shared the name. Its a fun dissonance

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I'm so glad my boyfriend recommended your channel to me. You cover exactly the sort of movies I'm drawn to :) As for The House That Jack Built, I don't think this flick is going to go over too well with a "general audience" kinda moviegoer. It's kinda.. difficult to live with. It's also a sort of contradiction in that it's probably one of the most mainstream films Lars Von Trier has made, even if it has it's arty moments. Matt Dillon does make a pretty decent serial killer though.

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Just watched this. My first von trier film. It’s a deeply unpleasant movie, downright nasty and exploitation cinema at times, but, I was always invested in the story, and it made me feel a whole range of emotions, as well as making me think (at the least about the art of film-making). To me, one of the main themes was about art emerging out of despicable acts, and the value of art versus artist, much like the movie itself (which I’d probably view as pretty grim, but with artistic value). Not sure I’d rewatch but it was interesting at least.

5:08 she forced Jack to wait because she didn't trust the mechanic because "he is a stranger" 19:56 Jack gets shot in the end by the police, going into the hole mean hell Dantes 9 circles of hell

it was the police shooting through the door. much of those last scenes is symbolism, but the "death" moment comes as Jack stands over the hole. just as he drops in to the afterlife, there is a shot from behind him. I believe, in reality, Jack was mortally wounded as he opened the door to find Virgil, and died as he dropped through the hole.

thank u for making this video. i commented 6 months ago and this has become one of my favorite movies of all time just because i watched ur video on it. thank you big will

The epilogue of this movie made it worth the wait. He finally built his demented house and went to hell It was amazing Jack was Dante going through the inferno with Virgil. The imagery including the cape, which Dante did wear like Jack here, the sounds and lines and acting was a treat

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I love when a mainstream actor takes a risk acting In a film like this

“I am Jack’s complete disregard of human existence “

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Bruce Campbell and Jim Carrey's love child. Also the satire in this film is so good.

This movie had me yelling at my TV 🤣 mostly at his victims like NOOOO OOOH SHIT

Movie was a dark comedy thriller and the entire point was a commentary on his twisted nature, explaining his idea of art to Virgil who ends up guiding Jack through hell Dante in Inferno

That kid mutilation scene is too much for me. I can handle a lot of grotesque shit, like more than most people but THAT horrifying child corpse is rough as hell to see.

Fun fact: the actress who plays Simple is Elvis Presley's granddaughter.

😔Jack should've built a blanket fort...

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I always interpreted it as a metaphor for trying to create a masterpiece. Each murder jack commits is a work of art, and the house is his attempt at a magnum opus. In the end he realises that the real masterpiece is not one piece of art but his career itself, and thus he builds a house of corpses. As for the hell stuff, I don't know. I just saw it as really pretentious at the end

Darren Aronofsky: Look! I did an allegory Lars Von Trier: Hold my beer...

Sure there’s Terrifier and Hatchet which are very gruesome and gory movies, although this movie (in my opinion) is where I draw the line, like Jesus Christ that scene where he shot the kids was very hard to watch like he shot one of them 2 times! All I have to say is that this movie is disturbing but is pretty well written.

It's funny, I started watching this movie because of recommendations online about it being a good "horror" movie, and yet the thing that actually shook me the most was when he started having obsessive compulsions and kept re-cleaning his crime scene. I too have OCD and this just triggered the crap out of me, I couldn't watch it after that part.

immediately watched the movie after your video. you’re right. it has so many layers. (just like hell LOL) but i already wanna rewatch it.

The family hunting scene was the most unnerving among all.

6:10 since we are viewing the movie through Jack’s eyes, is it possible that the ramblings of the lady are all in his head How he thinks about how he’d kill her and how she would defend herself, to look out for what she could do, and everytime they get into the car, his urges get stronger and stronger until he can’t control them anymore

I'm a HUGE horror fan and this is one of my favorite movies in years.

Absolutely love this movie, it's so dark and well put together. I've heard people say it's a little self-indulgent with all the monologues, but I can't help just thoroughly enjoying this movie. Edit: grammatical error.

I've been waiting for this one

My man Lars made a two and half hour movie, just to make a Nazi joke at the expense of Cannes

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Your content is the best! We absolutely love you! Highly recommend Lars von Trier's other films. Like - The brutality of Antichrist or The brutality of Dancer in the dark.

i interpreted this as the movie making fun of jack the whole time because of how the victims are basically handed to him since he cannot do anything by himself. he believes he is an artist and an intelligent person but he does nothing right in this movie and all of the victims act unbelievable dumb for him to succeed- genuinely think this movie is just poking fun at serial killers who think they are artists and are doing good in the world by killing innocent people. just my take then i guess

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The film *felt*- profound and insightful, I’m not sure that it was though.

There's a moment, closer to the end of the film, where the film flashes scenes from all other Lars Von Triers movies (I spotted: Antichrist, Dog Ville, Melancholy, Ninphomaniac)

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im so glad im watching this review after watching the movie. really, in the case of other reviews, theres few that are worth watching, but this one you HAVE to watch before hearing wills genious review.

I like how the 5th chapter is called pride, Lucifer was banished to hell because he thought he could be superior to God and take his place, Jack fell into the deepest depths of hell next to Lucifer because he thought he could do what most likely millions before him couldn't.

the parts with the found footage-esque filming when they're travelling through hell were really cool imo

My favorite thing about the poster alone is the title stylisation. So freakin cool. 👀✨️

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I love some of Trier's movies and I like serial killer docs, but I had to pause the movie when the scene with the children being shot started. I think this is the only time I stopped a movie because I just could not watch it anymore. It is made so well, so realistic, that I still cannot go through it. Classic Trier, I guess...

Okay, I watched your video and it inspired me to watch the movie in full. You weren't wrong about it.

Just watched this movie a few days ago and kinda reminded me of a mix of American Psycho, Joker and Hereditary. I will not be watching the film only because it was just sad. Like the guy hunted his family and then on top of that grotesquely rearranged his sons face before his dead body froze. Definitely made me sick. Interesting story, but very grotesque

Fun fact my dad was friends with Matt Dillion the actor for Jack and his brother and would frequently come over to his house

8:16 i wanted to point out that the lady here is played by the same lady who played fred's mom in all three of the nickelodeon movies and the tv show (fred like the youtube guy with the high voice)

Wow! My mom refers to the house we live in as "the house that jack built" because it was built poorly but .-. I never knew that THIS is what she was referring to 😧

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Great vid👏, next time you should do Asylum Blackout 2011

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Yeah true I watch these because I'm super curious but too scared to watch the actual movie lol

How ironic Jack had used a jack for his murder weapon 😂

Damn, I've watched other Audition Explained videos multiple times and this is the clearest one, ever --

He has OCPD and not necessarily OCD. He doesn't have repetitive rituals that are a hallmark of OCD.

I recommend you to do "Dread" pretty intense movie

Loved everything in this film, except the ending. That ending really killed a lot of my enthusiasm for it. I feel like if they just ended it when Jack jumps into the hole under his "house" would've been perfectly fine. But those last 15 minutes just ruined the entire film for me.

Jack: is killing people mercilessly Music: up beat piano

i have so much to say about this movie... every minute detail contributes to the story of not only jack, but also what Lars von Trier career has accomplished negatively. From not wanting to be associated with the "serial killer" label, then giving up to pressure, then thriving under his new image and when in the very end him wanting salvation once he saw where he could've been at the end of his killing spree, everything mirrors Lars von Trier's career. This movie is an acknowledgement, an apology video and a slap to the audience and media; acknowledgement of being misogynistic, cruel and gruesome, apology video due to this movie explaining his motives, how he sees art, a justification for his behavior and a slap to the audience because he does the aforementioned while being misogynistic, cruel and gruesome, yet he is completely self-aware. Verge showed Jack the elyssean fields and each layer not because he wanted to see everything, it was a test to see if he stuck with his ideals, being the 9th layer (the bottom one) the one reserved for traitors. The test theory is confirmed by the image of the bridge and staircase to the elyssean fields, which doesn't exist in dante's depiction of hell, so by showing him that, verge wanted to see if he would treason his principles, if he didnt truly repent; same as lars von trier making this movie, where he gives up the denial of his ethos from every single film he made in the last stretch of his career. Jack wanted to hear the scythes cutting wheat for the rest of eternity, Lars wanted the mainstream recognition his peers from the Dogma 95 had, they would never arrive there no matter how much they beg for forgiveness but as a last breath, yet illogical, the only thing they could resort to is to accept, apologize to themselves and wait for a better outcome

Another masterful review will !

On god...I read the title as: "The Horse That Jack Built" lmaooo

Bruh does anyone think of the possibility that some random stranger you pass on the streets and sidewalk could be a serial killer, rapist, sex trafficker, domestic abuser or have some kind of morbid fetish you don't want to find out about?

Yesss! Thank you! I remember asking for this.

The house that Jack built was actually Hell. He made his own path to it

My closed captioning actually said "freeza" instead freezer