The House That Jack Built
The screener didn’t arrive in time to make deadline, but I still feel it my duty to alert readers that the latest from madcap provocateur, Lars Von Trier, will hold its premier… for one night only? Matt Dillon stars as Jack, a super-intelligent career serial killer who spent the better portion of twelve years mastering his craft. For Jack, every murder is an objet d'art. This is the picture that brought the crowd at Cannes to their feet— give or take a handful of patrons making a run for the exit — for a rousing 10 minute ovation. And how is it that a film not yet seen by anyone outside the festival is being touted as a “director’s cut”? In a stroke of marketing genius, a shortened, R-rated version of the film is scheduled to hit theaters on December 14th.