The Nightmare Cuts of Lars Von Trier

I watched every single Lars von Trier films so you don't have to.
Please don't try this at home, or really, anywhere, ever.
And I say cuts, but really, it's just all about Lars von Trier.
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Timestamp
0:00 Introduction
1:13 Lars von Trier
2:43 The Edits
3:38 The Disobedience
4:24 The Jump cuts
5:00 Dogville Scene
6:27 Melancholia Scene
7:11 The House That Jack Built
9:39 The Climax
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[@SpikimaMovies]

That was hell. Let me count how many times I had to encounter Mr.Grumpy. Too many. What's your favourite Lars von Trier film?

[@markodjuric4282]

My favourites are Europa and The house that Jack built

[@Nightcrawler77]

The House that Jack Built and Dogville

[@jackw7468]

Breaking the Waves!

[@sayonarakid]

I only liked Antichrist. Didn't enjoyed any of his other movies.

[@emilycroome4142]

The House that Jack Built, Melancholia, and Dogville you really nailed everything that's appealing about his film style, the man is good at creating pretty pictures what can I say

[@gloryon5609]

The house that Jack built is criminally underrated. It is a really nice house

[@paolomolinelli666]

This comment is pretty much perfect

[@PsychoEscaper]

you got me in the first half, not gonna lie

[@jordanjordan124]

It really is a nice house

[@strelokand7306]

"That's a very nice house, Jack. I think that will do"

[@colinmcmasters5819]

The reality is that the film is actually under-appreciated, both within the serial killer/slasher genre, and within the Von Trier filmography.

[@TheDisTract]

You marathoned LVT? How are yo..Why would ..Are you...I don’t...I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.

[@SpikimaMovies]

:'( Help me

[@T1tusCr0w]

People usually take an overdose as a cry for help 🤣❣️

[@-Zer0Dark-]

Everything about this comment thread has me wheezing. 🤣

[@misatomaderamen3267]

Better than all this marvel shit we have now

[@cattbutt7758]

@@misatomaderamen3267 people can like marvel movies and it literally has no effect on your life. Im not even w fan of them, they usually bore me. But other people really enjoy them and give them happiness. Your likes and interests aren't the only valid ones.

[@eliquate]

The scene where Jack pretends to be a cop is Matt Dillion putting on a master class.

[@RSousa-ru7xi]

Yes, I thought exactly the same, such a great actor

[@Karl_Marksman]

a good actor convincingly acting as if he's not good at acting :D

[@enigma5314]

@@Karl_Marksman 😂😂😂

[@dianevanderlinden3480]

He is underrated.

[@wormbaby666]

That exchange through the screen door was amazing. A serial killer 'playing with his food'; so brazenly picking the locks of a potential victim, seemingly with zero preparation. Eloquently and subtly displaying Jack's 'come and catch me' nature.

[@connerradzavich4202]

The House that Jack Built was my first real experience with him and I loved it. His editing threw me off, but the dialogue and performance from Matt Dillion was really out of this world. He just plays the character so well, and the Dante's Inferno style journey he takes was executed well.

[@AstroBlack143]

👍🏾

[@snethies]

👍🏻

[@juanjosemorales5719]

👍🏿

[@tw-ij3kc]

👍

[@calicobat]

its definitely his best film

[@Psyrus88]

"Unless we're talking about one of his jarring jump cuts" *Cuts to a frigging ad*

[@AK907LSD25]

Perfect place for one lol

[@daliilars3350]

Oh. I have premium.

[@AK907LSD25]

@@daliilars3350 go away

[@earthwingbomber]

@@daliilars3350 Look at Mr. Monopoly over here, too good to use AdBlock like the rest of us!

[@daliilars3350]

@@earthwingbomber I can't afford a laptop, so...

[@user-gu3ie]

I'm pretty sure if Von Trier tackled a exorcist based movie in his style ,we'd have the most terrifying movie ever made

[@user-nf9xm7is3m]

I would absolutely love that. I think he would catch the real horror of it, make it seem real. Ugh

[@tannerpickle]

Man I love Lars' stuff because it feels like he's really making the movies that he wants to make with no compromise. Great video as always, dude.

[@rud5101]

I can't decide if I like his movies or if they're kinda trash (or both) but mad respect to him for making stuff just for himself.

[@MarquisDeSang]

Like Tarantino, he is trolling the viewer.

[@krautgazer]

@@MarquisDeSang I don't think Tarantino trolls the viewer that much but Lars von Trier definitely does LOVE to provoke. I'd put Lars von Trier, Gaspar Noé and Michael Haneke as a trio of European provocateurs.

[@imevil974]

@@MarquisDeSang pil

[@tomhahnl1927]

20 hours of Lars Von Trier in a piece and you are still alive?!?!??!??!??! RESPECT!

[@MasterSwordOblivion]

Lars Von Trier is legitimately a master of the art form in my opinion. He doesn’t mind pushing the envelope in subject matter and we all are aware of this, but it’s really his philosophy of restrictions breeding innovative filmmaking and originality. None of his films are exactly the same and on top of it all, he genuinely has things to say about the art form and humanity as a whole. I understand if people find him pretentious but I will always love his films and watch anything he puts out.

[@gamefannaticcs]

@Droo Bastard the thing about people who hate Lars because of "who he is" is that they have probably never watched a single extended interview of him or really reasearched anything besides what Bjork or Kidman had to say about him...or god fordid that stupid Cannes incident.

[@tomisaacson2762]

I'm not the biggest von Trier fan (although I loved The House that Jack Built and Dogville), but he's absolutely one of the most original modern directors. I'd much rather have directors that take creative risks over this growing monotonous flood of mediocre remakes and sequels and prequels. I feel like that stuff is crowding out any originality.

[@lvndrr_dashboard]

Hes a master of being a creepy abuser as well so hes a jack of all trades ig 🙄

[@lakesthaproduct44]

Dogville really left me feeling so liberated for some reason. Such a great film and very underrated.

[@hghbunger927]

How I always thought about his editing style was that he always uses the best take. When you watch through Dogville you see cuts in the master which seems like he just picked the best individual nuance of emotion for each reading of the line. Kind of a simplistic observation but it makes sense to me cause that's how I would do it. It's like if you took the individual best moments of a play performed 20 times and cut them together.

[@MitchJohnson0110]

Lars von Trier has a way of instilling the feeling of, and depicting mental illness in his films that I've never really felt from any other director.

[@dangarcia9831]

Many of his movies are the most fearful without being labeled as "horror," simply by showing the good and bad of mankind. Just a visual and visceral journey that you have to respect, even if you leave the theater feeling low. People really underestimate his work.

[@fivetwoeighty7012]

Didn’t realize he made Nymphomaniac. That movie messed me up for quite a while.

[@carterlicious4359]

Same, it affected me so deeply.

[@lukaphavlenishvili8226]

I mean if I didn’t know who’s film was it cast and the plot was truly lars von trierish

[@frandovian]

Dancer in the Dark (2000) is one of the best example of his kind of style, the ending really got me in tears, I love the movie but at the same time i also hated it. As people said, he really is the master of depressing movies.

[@ff8ramirez]

@@mezzb True… Only watched Dancer in the Dark once, always recommend to people who never watched it, but I’ll never see it again

[@calicobat]

oh fuckkk I forgot thats lars! that movie crushed me.

[@schweppesenegger]

Yes, I remember watching it in my college days, I was probably 17 at the time, that movie is bloody sick, l've never watched it again, because I remember that I almost puked in the end and I don't want to going through this again

[@PedroLimaPTS]

"With a pinch of insanity and a whole lot of miscalculation, I decided to revisit..." Me: No. "Every" Also me: No, you didn't. "Single" Also me: Oh my god, you didn't. "One of his films." Also me: Dear Lord......

[@anitapallenberg690]

I love love loooove how you mirror a director's style in your essays. You really know your craft, man ! Kinda proud of myself for sticking around since the early days ~

[@SpikimaMovies]

Well im happy you noticed it - whether in editing, in script or in delivery i like doing that to get into the zone. Not many seemed to notice! Thanks for sticking around for so long too ;)

[@cripplingclaustrophobia]

This is interesting, I've never heard about any of these movies before. Thanks for creating this.

[@tysonq7131]

Did watching all of his movies at once have an effect on your mental health? I went through a phase where I was trying to find the most extreme cinema that exists, watched too many in one day and got stuck in a panic attack for 3 days.

[@mjgfromdallas]

Curiousity can screw us up. There's endless films and "films" in the messed up genre so quit now. Preserve some hope for humanity.

[@Alex-zm1qv]

Oof I had a phase like that as well. Definitely wish now that I hadn’t watched some of those

[@ririschannelx]

no offence but why would anyone do that

[@SpikimaMovies]

Can't say it didn't. Lots of puppies and kittens on google afterwards.

[@tysonq7131]

@@ririschannelx Morbid curiosity, adrenaline, and depending on how your life is going it can make you feel thankful for what you have once the film is over.

[@_Diesel]

I was JUST watching your videos on my day off, what a great timing!

[@masonlove1264]

I like your interpretation of how Lars utilizes jumpcuts. Personally, I’ve always thought more technically, and thought that Lars used them to give the dialogue/scenes a better sense of rhythm.

[@hghbunger927]

How I always thought about his editing style was that he always uses the best take. When you watch through Dogville you see cuts in the master which seems like he just picked the best individual nuance of emotion for each reading of the line. It's like if you took the individual best moments of a play performed 20 times and cut them together.

[@FHK1817]

LVT is one of the most original filmmaker out there

[@ryobibattery]

Tarkovsky

[@behelit1997]

Tarantino

[@DThron]

Excellent essay, and I'm totally with you - I love this film more the more I see it. It's more and more hilariously/obviously self-critical for Von Trier, who is shredding himself as well as his critics simultaneously . Jack is not just an unreliable narrator, he is a hack (literally) artist, and pretentious moron who Virgil gulls into destroying himself. A self-burn on a grand scale that mocks that grand scale; brilliant.

[@omg9261]

Loved yout comment. Very insightful ❤

[@paulwoodford1984]

The house that jack built was fantastic. So much fun to watch, so amusing. This movie, Antichrist, and melancholia are my favourite of his.

[@nerdygirljen]

The house that Jack built is by far the most f*cked up movie I have ever seen in my life, hands down. I say this all the time, I will tell anybody this. That being said, it was enthralling. I was entranced, appalled, engrossed. It left a lasting impression on me, but did so stylishly, and uniquely. Very well executed in it's vision. It made you feel exactly the way it set out to. This feels like a film made by a genuine psychopath..

[@jameswilliam2003]

Dogville was my favorite. The only film that gives me satisfaction and also a redemption after watching Breaking The Waves and Dancer In The Dark.

[@krautgazer]

Yeah, I'd say his "Golden Heart Trilogy" (Breaking the Waves, The Idiots and Dancer in the Dark) is probably his most harrowing, hard to watch, heart-wrenching work, simply because of their realistic Dogme 95 style (even though The Idiots is the only true Dogme movie). Of course his "Depression Trilogy" (Antichrist, Melancholia and Nymphomaniac) is pretty distressing at times but they are so stylized that sometimes you lose yourself in the beautiful images and the clean aesthetics, so it doesn't feel as raw to me as the former trilogy. Dogville, on the other hand, does two interesting things to make it more bearable to the audience: first, like you said, it gives us some satisfaction; second, it distances itself from the viewer by using Brechtian techniques (the artificial stage, the narration reminding us that it's all fiction, the chapter titles explaining exactly what's going to happen in the next sequence etc.), so we don't get as much emotionally invested on the story as we get more intelectually invested on it.

[@Jthemaximus]

Amazing editing and writing, love your work man

[@nickcurl]

This is exceptional analysis. Thank you for taking one for the team and watching his entire filmography for us lol

[@JayOEhEn]

Another amazing video.... You kill it everytime man! Keep it up

[@wormbaby666]

I really appreciated this video. Thanks and a big 'well done'! You brave guy, setting down to watch *all* of Lars Von Trier's films! 😁

[@linseyspolidoro5122]

I remember almost a decade ago, I was living on the opposite coast of the country from where I grew up, talking to my mom on the phone and she told me that her favorite movie (at the time) was _Antichrist_ so I said I’d watch it and her response was, “Maybe watch _Melancholia.”_ But now I was intrigued so of course I decided to watch _Antichrist_ because I had just moved in with my (now) fiancé and the day after I got there he had to go away for three weeks. I should have listened to my mother.

[@asecretchannel4135]

Melancholia would’ve definitely been a good soft introduction, or gateway movie to LVT’s style.

[@DainDenham]

Impressive movie taste does your mom have. My introduction to LVT was Dancer in the Dark. Hardest ending I had seen in a while

[@carterlicious4359]

Have you seen Nymphomaniac yet?

[@gsmooth4279]

@@asecretchannel4135 I just went straight into The House that Jack Built lmao

[@omg9261]

​@@gsmooth4279Nymphomaniac is much more depressing and devastating. I love the House that Jack build, but apart from the 3d and 4th incidents nothing actually terrible or shoking happens. I watched it in the movie theater and felt quite happy about the new movie of my favourite director. Rewatched it last week at home and found it more tame than first watch. Hilarious, ironic, tongue in cheek. But the Nymphomaniac... (the full 5.5 hour versition). Omg. It is traumatizing. I watched it the last week, the next day after the House that Jask built, and still I can't get over it. Need to re-watch it, but man, it is the hardest movie Lars did. At least for me. I was skipping it for years, because I had a feeling it would be tough, and I was right all the time. I definetely recommend it. The full version of course, the 5.5 hkurs one, it doesn't make sense to watch a censored easy one. And weirdly enough it has a lot of comedic moments, more then any other Trier's movie. It's very funny and really devastating at the same time.

[@callmesirjames]

This was wonderfully edited

[@anactualcat6479]

It's criminal this video doesn't have more views. This was so great, thank you!

[@Nightcrawler77]

Great, daring director.

[@anthonycardott3541]

this is pretty good, well done spikima. film school is really in trouble since these kinds of videos came on. von trier rules, whether we can handle it or not!! been a fan since Dancer in the Dark

[@bainmoosh6993]

Great video, great analysis, enjoyed every bit

[@picklerick7731]

Your channel is awesome man!

[@igorsliwinski4856]

another great analysis ! great video and editing! keep going!

[@lcgggg]

Great video, mate.Keep it up

[@lordjarvis]

Good video. I've watched a couple of videos, in an attempt to help me understand the movie better, and this one seemed to be the most insightful.

[@NightDocs]

“So you don’t have to videos” like this are the ones I appreciate because holy hell I can’t make it through his films especially house that Jack built

[@vicariousgamer2871]

Cool and interesting channel bro. I am a film lover. I've spent a great portion of my life watching them. I often will watch several of mixed genre into the wee hours of the morning, the weirder the better. Mr Lynch is definitely one of my favorite directors and I've sen his films several times. It's amazing to catch things that I didn't in a previous viewing. Liking how you're breaking scenes down.

[@jowoodfield5929]

Melancholia. Right up there - as one of my top three favourite movies, of all time! Thanks for sharing. Awesome narration too. :-)

[@TakeTwoReviews]

Love this! On point analysis that really captures how LVT creates a unique viewing experience by breaking the rules. Props for re-watching all his films, I hope you had a hot cup of cocoa and a warm blanket nearby. Antichrist was definitely the toughest watch of his films for me

[@leonelmartinez2486]

Brush honestly I felt the house that jack built was his most brutal

[@TakeTwoReviews]

@@leonelmartinez2486 I think you're right in terms of raw violence, but the film itself felt more like a dark comedy than something truly horrific. Like, there's a point where over-exaggerated violence becomes comical, and the film itself had a very 'mocking' tone. In contrast, Antichrist was just visceral, unsettling violence

[@leonelmartinez2486]

@@TakeTwoReviews yeah I can see your points. But the scene with the family was really gruesome. It felt more gruesome than when the witch cut off her clit

[@TakeTwoReviews]

@@leonelmartinez2486 to each their own hahah

[@rendezv0usinyou]

Chaos reigns

[@GettinSpooky]

I love your videos so much!

[@kolbykauffman4180]

I still cry when I think about how gut wrenching and heartbreaking the end of his film The Idiots really was. The whole movie is insane but…when it’s time for her to ‘go home and perform’ and you see what that means to her. Lars Von Trier pulled that off with handheld cameras and no score. That’s god-like.

[@stebolavirus]

I never realized Dancer in the Dark was one of his films! Loved that when I was in HS/college. I actually put on a VHS of DitD during a long bus ride with my college choir around 2002 and they all 1) got motion sick from the camera movements and jump cuts and 2) clapped at the last, depressing scene of the film as if they had finally been liberated. Needless to say, clearly I had great taste but I was banned from ever choosing a bus movie again and they went back to watching Remember the Titans on repeat (kill me please).

[@moeezS]

This reminds me I still haven't fully seen The House That Jack Built but have loved most of his films, so thanks for detailing out his editing techniques! I'm Thinking Of Ending Things similarly uses disorganised editing to wonderful effect.

[@tomisaacson2762]

I just watched that! Amazing film! There's an impressive attention to detail. In the car scenes, I like how Kaufman plays with the sound design as well as the editing. The windshield wipers almost seem to react to the dialogue at certain points, the sounds of the blizzard are also not consistent. The color of her clothes also change but it's obscured by the changing lighting. There's a lot of subtleties that you don't consciously notice on the first watch, but add the surreal and tense atmosphere. That, plus the inherent ambiguity, makes for a veeery difference experience on subsequent watches. Kaufman gets a bit Lynchian

[@michealclarke22]

I love you man, glad I discovered this channel

[@manongban7928]

개인적으로 되게 좋아하는 영화중 하나인데 잘보고가요. 그리고 한글자막 일일이 달아주시는거 번거로우실텐데 항상 감사합니다ㅎㅎ 덕분에 매번 잘보고있어요.

[@SpikimaMovies]

아닙니다! 시청해주셔서 감사합니다! :)

[@mjgfromdallas]

I couldn't stay away from watching Lars films. Most disturbing but done very uniquely for me. Definitely not for everyone, but most of Lars films are like that.

[@brans0217]

Underrated movie… thanks for making this video

[@wesst.422]

When I recommend friends to watch the house that jack built I describe it as the tell tale heart by edgar allan poe but told by a serial killer, Defending each of his kills and how he views them as artwork. gets the point across really quick

[@fno2009]

I just caught DITD last night, he's such a great filmmaker, this video came at a good time.

[@PokerFaceDumbass]

Please do a Video about: I'm Thinking of Ending Things.

[@maevemaiden]

I just rewatched Melancholia after trying 9-10 times to get past the wedding scenes. I couldn't make it past each time I tried watching I always turned it off about 35 minutes in but I finished it last night and I loved it so much. The visuals are so damn mesmorizing and stunning I loved it. I appreciate your breakdown of Von Trier and plan to dive in to check out more of his films😉

[@kevincoughlin3455]

His edits always reminded me of the TV show Homicide: Life on the Streets. Great video!

[@Crane_H]

와..! 라스 폰 트리에라니 ㅠㅠㅜ 이번에도 좋은 영상 감사합니다!!

[@SpikimaMovies]

라스 폰 트리에를 좋아하신다니..제가 감사합니다 ㅠㅠ

[@aussiedonaldtrump]

The House That Jack Built was amazing. It's one of my best movies, but you may hate it. It's just the way it's created. Lars Von Trier is definitely original. I don't know anyone who makes movies like him. Thanks for making this, it was wonderfully edited and narrated!

[@paulwoodford1984]

Definitely one of the best movies ever made. A must watch for anyone. I watch it once a month, and find it more fascinating every time i see it. I’m glad grumpy got what he deserved. Hated that brat

[@viveksamrat3209]

Pinpoint analysis and for me melancholia is best so for that resonated with me on the personal level .

[@MrMoman7]

10:05 - Changing the line to stutter and load is such a nice little bow to the idea of breaking illusion:)

[@KMHill]

Huge fan of Von Trier. Thanks for the enlightening take.

[@b_eej]

i was about to watch this video, and then realized i havent seen the trilogy, so i binged the trilogy and then came back. that last 5 hours of nymphomaniac directors cut was hell man

[@cesnaanida9235]

I'm glad you are still breathing after watching all those films back-to-back :)

[@Fillitwithbreeemium]

The house that Jack built is my favorite movie of all time and is what inspired me to enroll in film school and start writing screenplays.

[@entertherealmofchaos]

I watched Antichrist many years ago and would say it is one of them films that stays lurking deep in your soul.

[@DamBaker95]

I watched antichrist while going through a really tough period in my life, it kept me awake for a night or two

[@butterchuggins5409]

Willem's hog is deep in my soul

[@DamBaker95]

@@butterchuggins5409 I wonder what would happen to him after the movie

[@keenanports2695]

Dude, I watched Antichrist and Melancholia back to back one night and was depressed for almost a month. I can’t imagine your headspace after watching his entire filmography in such a short span of time.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

So it was like a double-dare?

[@blaisetelfer8499]

Breaking The Waves is incredible. I only wish it had the cinematography of his later films

[@andrewmosteller6115]

Ran into this video after I myself marathoned Lars Von Trier's work. Stange world.

[@mycuteb]

Just loved the House that Jack built. Matt Dillon was terrific. It didnt got the praise that it deserved but it is a masterpiece.

[@simondewit6119]

Great analysis of a truly unique director. A rare bread. It's almost strange he's film haven't been made illegal.

[@tt9816]

Melancholia really messed me up like I didn’t leave my room for a couple of days because I was so anxious 😭😭😂 it sounds dumb now that I think about it but I don’t think I’ll be watching it again lol

[@karinas7790]

Doesn't sound dumb! It's one of the realest, most accurate deciptions of depression I've ever seen. When I watched it, I felt weighed down, much like Justine's character. I literally couldn't get to the end because of how sad it was lmaooo

[@tt9816]

@@karinas7790 the end of the movie was hard to watch, I get stressed out thinking about it lol

[@dannygreen5477]

LOVE House that Jack Built and so thankful it came out when it did! It came out in a world and society and at a time that needed it the most as well as the message it has. House that Jack Built came out in today's age, our society really needed this film.

[@jevinday]

von Trier is my favorite and I can only watch one of his movies every couple months. you're a maniac! haha

[@munkhtuvshinmt]

goddamn.. what a quality edit

[@aimeekatz]

The House That Jack Built is my favorite of his films 'cause for me it's the only one where his pretentious writing works, since the character of Jack is equally pretentious. It's one of my favorite movies ever, legitimately.

[@juleslund1515]

I love this and you...

[@elitsasavova966]

Really nice video

[@heikkijhautanen4576]

Love his films!!!

[@guy936]

There is one thing I need to get off my chest about The House that Jack Built (a movie I love and worhsip): the movie begins with Verge telling Jack not to believe he's going to tell him something he (Verge) hasn't heard before. This meeting (between Jack and Verge) we understand takes place at the end of Jack's life/story. And Verge's initial warning indicates he doesn't know what Jack is about to tell him. But when we reach the end of the movie, not only do we discover he was there at the crime scenes (even though he seems to learn about them as Jack's story unravels and we get to hear his reactions), but much more than that, during the movie, around the middle of the movie in fact, we hear Jack telling Verge that he is not feeling so good. And then at the end the flashbacks connect with the actual time frame (Jack's descent to hell) and we see Jack and Verge's descent to hell... but Jack is not talking to Verge about his crimes *then*. Even though he should be, since (supposedly), the whole storytelling took place during Jack's descent to hell, *which is eventually shown*! It just blows my mind.

[@vsauce4678]

Of the movies of his that I’ve watch I am currently at like a 60/40. Cause his movie I enjoy, the house that Jack built and nymphomaniac 1&2 are personally masterpiece levels to me. But Dogville and Melancholia really didn’t do it for me. I need to give Melancholia another shot though. I really enjoy the brutal and non caring way his films show out. His style is so bold and eye catching. I really enjoy how his films use repetition because a lot of life is repetitive. I find that not many films have ever really gone into that. Like other than the funny ground hog view of it. But the idea of inner thoughts and ideas. Idk but I’m very excited to watch the rest of his films if I can get my hands on them.

[@TheRunningCameraMan]

the narration of the films u cover is 9/10 times better than the movie's :D

[@kezzykizzy5386]

Melancholia still destroys me. I have to switch thoughts whenever they show up. I can't handle being that broken and in that much despair that I float and switch off higher consciousness. I need to stay present. I couldn't possibly watch any more of his films, I can't bare the darkness

[@themidnighthumor]

This is inspiring

[@thegodfather1499]

1:15 the first Scherzo of Chopin! Beautiful piece👍

[@LaMaestra2102]

Melancholia. It's visually the most beautiful film I've ever seen. And I understand Justine as if he'd asked me.

[@MeredithHagan]

No movie messed me up like The House That Jack Built, holy shit. The most disturbing film I’ve ever watched.

[@user-nv9ik7zm1w]

이야 알고리즘으로 우연히 알았는데 영상 퀄리티가 엄청 높네요! 그나저나 안티크라이스트는 진짜 빡세던데..

[@respectpartii6302]

I'm impressed you didn't reference the Andrei Tarkovsky's high influence in some shots in his films. Great analysis!

[@krautgazer]

Have you watched his very first professional film The Element of Crime? It's entirely made in a Tarkovskyan style.

[@respectpartii6302]

@@krautgazer It's a wonderful shot film, I have it in DvD and I think it's an underrated work.

[@RGBEAT]

The Kingdom and The House That Jack Built are my current faves because they're so funny

[@Kendhej]

For me, The house that Jacl built and Nymphomaniac are the movies defining the philmography of Las von Trier himself, explaining his intentions while making his films with sex and murder. Especially, Nymphomaniac focuses on the reaction of audiences, accepting the movies not like his intention, and The house that Jack built focuses on purely himself, and it almost feels insolent. And putting both audiences and himself to the endings like those makes them more interesting.

[@seenundercygnus6870]

I love the Dante homages.

[@calebrands4912]

I literally got an ad for therapy after this video. lol

[@mr.sophistication1654]

The reason why it's called "the house that Jack built" is quite interesting as well.

[@PenskyMaterial]

Name checks out lol

[@leonelmartinez2486]

I love this video and the comment section. So many good opinions

[@emilylogan2379]

20 hours of Lars? Goodness.

[@anxiousanarchist6565]

Me: *sees a very short clip of two girls in a train* “Holy Fuck I didn’t know he made Nymphomaniac” My friend: how-how did you recognise it from one scene? Me, who’s watched That movie over 10 times: “uh I don’t know probably an edit or something”

[@niklas0000]

Yess finally

[@Dahrenhorst]

Lars von Trier is a devilish genius. I love his films, but I can watch them only once and only with lots of time (preferably several years) apart.