{"id":34249,"date":"2020-07-25T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-divine-comedy-of-the-house-that-jack-built\/"},"modified":"2020-07-25T12:42:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T09:42:00","slug":"the-divine-comedy-of-the-house-that-jack-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-divine-comedy-of-the-house-that-jack-built\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Divine Comedy of \u2018The House That Jack Built\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39b77ed49d3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39b77ed49d3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-divine-comedy-of-the-house-that-jack-built\/#What_were_watching_a_video_essay_explaining_why_Lars_von_Triers_film_is_one_of_the_funniest_of_2018\" >What we&#8217;re watching: a video essay explaining why Lars von Trier&#8217;s film is one of the funniest of 2018.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-divine-comedy-of-the-house-that-jack-built\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-divine-comedy-of-the-house-that-jack-built\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Divine Comedy of \u2018The House That Jack Built\u2019<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\">\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                          <span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span>                                       <meta content=\"1\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\">Columns<\/span>                                                        <meta content=\"2\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movies<\/a><\/span>                                                         <meta content=\"3\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">             <span itemprop=\"author\">Meg Shields<\/span>                  <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>July 25, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_were_watching_a_video_essay_explaining_why_Lars_von_Triers_film_is_one_of_the_funniest_of_2018\"><\/span>What we&#8217;re watching: a video essay explaining why Lars von Trier&#8217;s film is one of the funniest of 2018. <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><em>Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we look at why Lars von Trier\u2019s The House That Jack Built is one of the funniest movies of the last decade.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>After being banned from the Cannes Film Festival and finishing his Depression Trilogy,\u00a0<strong>Lars von Trier<\/strong> returned from a five-year hiatus with <em><strong>The House That Jack Built<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>The film follows a sadistic, failed architect named Jack (Matt Dillon) who recalls his murders to the ancient Roman poet Virgil (Bruno Ganz), as the pair make their way through Hell. To Virgil\u2019s disgust, Jack sees these incidents as misunderstood works of art.<\/p>\n<p>As <strong>Ryan Hollinger<\/strong> puts it in the video essay below: <em>The House That Jack Built <\/em>is what you get when you give a serial killer two and a half hours to gush about how great they are. On paper that sounds like a recipe for disaster. But on the screen, the iffy conceit materializes as a mocking character study of the kind of ego-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> that thinks it\u2019s so charming and clever that it can get away anything.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, <i>The House that Jack Built <\/i>is a film that turns a monster into a punchline. And if you let go of seriousness and pretension, the film reveals itself as an absurd, self-effacing, and divinely funny comedy.<\/p>\n<p>Watch <em>\u201c<\/em><strong>Why is <em>The House That Jack Built <\/em>So Messed Up?!<\/strong>\u201c:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OqHqcA5AwJE?feature=oembed\" title=\"Why Is THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT So Messed Up?!\" width=\"700\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ryan Hollinger is a Northern Irish video essayist with a background in design and animation who specializes in horror films. Indulging in a healthy dose of nostalgia, Hollinger is contagiously endearing, entertaining, and informative. You can check out Hollinger\u2019s podcast The Carryout on SoundCloud here. And you can subscribe to Hollinger\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> account here.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Videos_Like_This\"><\/span>More Videos Like This<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mark Kermode delivers an exceptionally balanced and knowledgable review of <em>The House That Jack Built\u00a0<\/em>(in under six minutes)<\/li>\n<li>Like Lars von Trier, Kevin Smith is an acquired taste. Here\u2019s Hollinger\u2019s impressively thoughtful and generous analysis of Kevin Smith\u2019s bizarre horror trilogy<\/li>\n<li>Here\u2019s Hollinger on why <em>Cannibal Holocaust <\/em>has a well-earned reputation as one of the most controversial horror movies of all time<\/li>\n<li>How von Trier uses discomfort to force his audience to confront taboos<\/li>\n<li>Lars von Trier films feel \u201creal\u201d in a way that a lot of folks find upsetting. 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