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The House That Jack Built (2018)
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
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Carter Trey Smith
August 22, 2022
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OCD Representation in 'The House that Jack Built' and Associated Media
Upon viewing Lars Von Trier’s skin-crawling epic, The House that Jack Built (2018), one is left with no choice but to consider mental health and its role in the film. The film contains by far one of the rawest and most accurate depictions of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in media to date.
This article will detail OCD representation in The House That Jack Built through analysis and interviews.
Von Trier’s chaotic film is about Jack, a psychopathic, narcissistic serial killer with OCD. In the aforementioned scene, Jack has killed an innocent woman in her home. Once he leaves, his skin crawls from his imagination. He repeatedly sees images of blood under her carpet and lamp, which dangerously enough, makes him continue returning to the scene of the crime. This cylindrical cycle ironically almost gets him arrested by a nearby police officer.
Typically in film, characters suffering from mental illness are used as plot devices, or just for comedy. Jack's OCD is not the cause of his murdering spree, nor his psychopathy; it is an illness he is forced to deal with.
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Movie Information
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
Rating:R
Genre:Drama, Horror, Crime, Thriller
Directed By:Lars von Trier
Written By:Lars von Trier
In Theaters:12/14/2018
Box Office:$5,566,776
Runtime:152 minutes
Studio:Zentropa Entertainments, Copenhagen Film Fund, Copenhagen Film Fund, Slot Machine, Film i Väst, Zentropa International Sweden, Zentropa International France, Zentropa International Köln
Cast
Lars von Trier
Director
Lars von Trier
Director
Matt Dillon
Jack
Bruno Ganz
Verge
Uma Thurman
Lady 1
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Lady 2
Sofie Gråbøl
Lady 3
Riley Keough
Simple
Jeremy Davies
Al
Jack McKenzie
Sonny
Mathias Hjelm
Glenn
Ed Speleers
Ed - Police Officer 2
Emil Tholstrup
Young Jack
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