Matt Dillon on The House That Jack Built | Film Comment Talk

For the final Film Comment Talk of 2018, Matt Dillon came to the Film Society of Lincoln Center to talk about his new film, The House That Jack Built, directed by Lars von Trier. The film stars Dillon as a serial killer who recounts a series of his murders over several years. Dillon talked about playing a depraved character and working with von Trier. Maddie Whittle of the FSLC Programming department moderated the dialogue. The House That Jack Built is released by IFC Films.
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[@joaopedroribaslyraloes]

His voice is so calming.

[@akirabka8659]

Could've been Thanos

[@nomeacaso5790]

@@akirabka8659 we were talking about a great actor in a masterpiece movie. Who cares about thanos? Stupid fan of my balls

[@akirabka8659]

@@nomeacaso5790 because he auditioned to be thanos, homie

[@nomeacaso5790]

@@akirabka8659 we just don't care.

[@akirabka8659]

@@nomeacaso5790 whether you care or not, still relevant

[@dholu1820]

So underrated movie, it is a masterpiece. Hope it will get more attention in future.

[@dimitrakapa4887]

Oh yessssss

[@evanabbott2737]

I just watched it again, the other night.👍

[@700lbsripped7]

@@evanabbott2737 just saw it for the 4th time last night

[@ericmsandoval]

It seriously holds up and has my 100% attention every time I watch it

[@gerardomenchaca8327]

This movie is more than a masterpiece, it's an icon😊

[@MikelGCinema]

A royal masterpiece. its soo layered. It has many lectures and many films inside of the film. He's inviting you to laugh and might even be laughing at you or not. We should all laugh and think and feel. The second lecture talks clearly about failing as an artist. A true gem that is bound to be misunderstood for a long, long time.

[@HunterVex.]

So true. As a death metal musician who loves to write, this movie is absolute gold inspiration. There are so many amazing topics

[@frankderoma9567]

You serial killer you...

[@dimitrakapa4887]

@@frankderoma9567 why?? What do you mean by that

[@bmatthews15]

@@dimitrakapa4887 there is absurdist humor in the film, and at the end of the day is a divine comedy, since it has a happy ending. But, if you're laughing at the homicide, infanticide, mutilation, and torture scenes then that is a defense mechanism for the authentic feeling, which is disturbed horror.

[@blancacoppen7114]

The OCD scene was played perfectly, that's it exactly how it is.... It's horrible to suffer from this.

[@dimitrakapa4887]

My daughter have autism and ocd....its really hard!! When you are kid its not that bad...but she now is 19 years old...now things going harder!!! A true difficult situation ☹️😔im praying everyday for her..🙏

[@JustMe-uc1lt]

I really wish organisers would get q&a hosts who are experienced interviewers. Thankfully the guest is a good talker.

[@mollykeane2571]

IKR!

[@HunterVex.]

I really love this movie! I can't get it out of my head.

[@dimitrakapa4887]

Same here

[@doritos6893]

Messed up film but a masterpiece

[@bernae1902]

Matt can get it.

[@randallgregerson4761]

I think there is way too much attention on this being about a serial killer. If you know anything about Von Triers movies knows that he is attempting to invite the viewer into a real world of violence. The violence played out every day in this country and how we ignore it until personally confronted.

[@MikelGCinema]

Fully agreed.

[@rickardedman8836]

Well it demonstrates what a lazy culture we have become. Cinema is convenient and should tell convenient stories. They see a serial killer, hearing voices, talking about art, so that's what they get, don't bother to look at it from different perspectives for god sake or ask any questions, just stick with what you see and leave it at that.

[@NullVoidgone]

@@rickardedman8836 lazy? Or indoctrinated to not question

[@Demention94]

@Zack Luke They are the "problem" lol

[@possessedslig]

So many people have a romanticized view of serial killers, there's a real fascination with them these days, it's probably something I'm guilty of as well. I think this film tries to show just what it is being romanticized and how disturbing it actually is when it's shoved in front of your face.

[@samrobbins4741]

Great actor and.excellent movie

[@SaintVodou]

Before there was a Johnny Depp, a Leo DiCaprio or Justin Bieber, there was Matt Dillon...and his underwear...

[@dimitrakapa4887]

Forgot joquin phoenix!!!

[@SaintVodou]

You’re so right-he’s always good; in 8MM, SIGNS, and QUILLS he was also gorgeous...and before Joaquin there was River...and before River, or close to the same time, Brad Pitt...and Brando and Newman...wish we could freeze-dry all of them at their peak moment, but film does that, and anyway they get better with age, so let’s hope these guys stay around for a while

[@dimitrakapa4887]

Matt Dillon ❤️😍🥰

[@blancacoppen7114]

The picnic scene, yes, it was very heavy, but you looked amazing in your baseball cap ....

[@calenbolo]

I would still be afraid of him in real life after watching the film haha

[@absolutelyeveryone2425]

Kind of a spoiler but he may have been a failed artist but he also considers his murders art and it seems to cure his OCD. I’d consider that a sort of success.

[@mrmoviemanic1]

Oh dear the poor girl giving the interview is so nervous. I think Matt understood.

[@spurv]

First off, she's a woman, not a girl. Secondly, I think she did a great job. Articulate, and thoughtful.

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Hosting the interview? I think she did a great job. The questions are very insightful and she knows the film and the subject in a way to get Matt to talk about it in an interesting and engaging way. I don't see her as nervous, I think this is her manner. She seems very relaxed.

[@ericmsandoval]

@spurv lol wow. He’s not saying she did an awful interview. He’s simply saying she seemed a bit nervous.

[@joshuakelly974]

​@@spurvshe let Matt talk. What all interviewers should do

[@davedavis3418]

Very thought out film actor and director seem to be very insightful

[@sidarthur8706]

matt dillon's as cool as the characters he plays

[@mikefallopian3191]

Questions shouldn't be 4 minutes long babe.

[@dorobo81]

Yes picnic.. but really I was upset the most about the duck.

[@iverr6]

Right. I watched the movie again and that was the one part I had to fast forward.

[@dimitrakapa4887]

@@iverr6 i would say the first was my upsetting scene of all.... because i felt little weird from her speak...😕

[@dimitrakapa4887]

I found it artistic work 👌 this scene of picnic

[@jacobbachman4014]

dont worry, to get that scene they used a duck that had already had its leg removed due to an accident, as well as a sillicon mold

[@josebenito15]

After the first impression, which is usually shocking, the film grows bigger and you are moving to thinking you were cheated and maybe this a Masterpiece. Lars Von Trias movies have so many layers.. And you are fool if you keep on.. First Impression.

[@RobertMcD]

I watched that movie too late at night that by the ending it exceeded my bed time. I was so traumatized and couldn’t just go to bed. So I just started saying nonsense like “skibidi bop dee boo” etc from some place within and typed into KZbin skibidi something or other and then this hilarious music video was presented to me by a band called “Little Big” and it calmed me down enough to go to bed

[@ShirleyClay-gl3ve]

I would like to see that picture Matt Dillon played Matt Dillon is a very great actor and I like been one of his fan

[@Happyboymargarine]

He looks like 4 people combined: Michael Bublé/Marlon Brando/Dennis Farina/ and the guy that fought philo Beddoe in any which way you can.

[@Qwerty-db1js]

😂😂

[@mickcv4554]

I just want to start out asking (six long opened ended questions later) so just answer that...Matt just goes well I’ll answer one of em

[@truthfilter]

why do they ask such stupid questions how did you get into this or that character HE'S AN ACTOR it's his job he reads the scripts and acts accordingly

[@meio4744]

Literally the dumbest comment ever. No all actors have a different process.

[@Johnconno]

I like those large cupboards all around them, I wonder what's inside? Magnum P I has aged well.

[@Lori-og9sx]

❤😊 hello Matt this movie sounds really interesting although I have never seen this movie I'd like to see it I love you Matt your a great actor I'd love to meet you in person

[@skipnasty8057]

I'm glad he does so many artsy films, he's one of my favorites

[@andreayo8504]

Interesting questions but the interviewer is sooo boring. She thinks the questions too much.

[@mrmoviemanic1]

Well it's probably her first time, let her be. There are far worse interviews from Celebrity Hosts out there.

[@tinklvsme]

The host says Umm, Ahh way to much! Proper public speaking is so important.

[@totallynotimari]

Get the hell over yourself 💀

[@am4793]

I thought the film was mannerist and it borrowed heavily Stanley Kubrick's style.

[@alexacentral3521]

I will stick to Herbie Fully Loaded and the Outsiders, thank you very much. I havent been able to watch all of his movies so...

[@Rajendran_Pilla]

Watch his wild things, it's his best

[@friendsandindustry]

I made a film where I killed 5 people in cold blood and everyone vomited. I wish I can find a group of people that actually understands me.

[@dimitrakapa4887]

When I was teen i filmed too a horror short film...but ..years passed and im old now and i can't find this tape!!!! My parents maybe throw it...but if someday found it...be sure you will be amazed!!! I understand you well,👌🤘

[@ericmsandoval]

Wow so edgy and cool

[@totallynotimari]

@@ericmsandovallmfaooo.

[@alferdjuhimovich9037]

You know, mr Lars is a true artist in his own way. The way of how he's reflected and mocked the society is a something.. As for underrated and the stuff, i'd refer to the guys like Bethoveen, Davinci, Allan Poe, who didn't get that amount of recognition that they deserved when they were alive. That's our society, people start to care when you are already gone. So for those, who se the world from the same angle - there is no such a thing as underrated, there is art and there is something that is not the art.

[@unendempire4111]

Spoiler: In the End the self-claimed artist, higher being, the miss understood Nietzsche's Übermensch, has to see that chaos, death, complexity of things fallen apart, the "beauty" the symmetry of a flower that falls apart through poison, all this called negative things, may look beautiful and look like something great, something strong, something mystirious, but even in an materialistic point of view there is only chaos and order, death and life. And only Life is creation. Life is symbolic for Order and vis versa. Without Order/Life there would be no art.. art only exists through the complex system of cooperation. Without the cooperation of our biology, without cells who work toghter there is only chaos.. no system. So everything a deathist, nihilist, a misanthropist, satanist or nature lawyer thinks is something great is only the glorification of the simplest system, the simplest rule of living together: The strong with high skill in killing survive, aka Darwin. They cant think of something bigger, higher system like society, civilisation, intergalactical alliance, a living universe or something else. It's like everyone else climbed the stairs to more complex forms of living together and they go back to the roots, to times where everything was more simple. I know everything is valued through a certain perspective, would you give more value to chaos or to order.

[@ericmsandoval]

Tl;dr

[@BRBonGiediPrime]

This was an extremely interesting read, thank you for posting. I found the film very intriguing with how it managed to combine so many aspects of chaos and order. Through art, war, love, music, life, and death, Lars really has a beautiful way of stringing together these concepts all while telling the story of a man descending into hell.

[@ES-hb8dt]

This woman sucked. Poor Matt Dillon

[@Konverteraren]

I live close to the locations of the movie. Making a vlog episode of it now. Coming up!

[@matthawes4395]

RUMBLE FISH

[@Wildcock23]

Best movie ever made!