Thoughts

Lars Von Trier is a controversial, very well-known Danish writer and director who has been shocking and depressing audiences around the world for over thirty years with his disturbing cinematic efforts. I started my journey into his work with The House that Jack Built (2018), a serial killer drama starring Matt Dillon as the titular antagonist.

More complexly put, it delicately walks the tightrope of being commentary on our sociopolitical landscape and simultaneously being a laugh-out-loud satirical comedy. Oh, and it’s an action film. PTA pulled out all the stops for this one, not only assembling an ensemble cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall, Sean Penn, and newcomer Chase Infiniti...

The story follows Kyle MacLachlan as a young man back from school in his small, idyllic American suburb when he stumbles across a severed human ear in a field. After taking it into the local police station, his curiosity gets the better of him as he sets off into the secret underworld of a town once thought to be innocent.