IFC Films announced today that Lars von Trier‘s controversial new film The House That Jack Built, will be getting a one-night only screening of the director’s cut on November 28th at cinemas across the country. The R-rated version will later be released in theaters and on VOD platforms December 14th. The film follows a highly intelligent serial killer played by Matt Dillon as he perpetrates in five incidents that define him as a killer. Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Sofie Gråbøl, and Riley Keough also star.
IFC released a new teaser today announcing the release as well, check it out below:
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT takes place in 1970s USA. We follow the highly intelligent Jack (Matt Dillon) through 5 incidents and are introduced to the murders that define Jack’s development as a serial killer. We experience the story from Jack’s point of view. He views each murder as an artwork in itself, even though his dysfunction gives him problems in the outside world. Despite the fact that the final and inevitable police intervention is drawing ever near (which both provokes and puts pressure on Jack) he is – contrary to all logic – set on taking greater and greater chances. Along the way we experience Jack’s descriptions of his personal condition, problems and thoughts through a recurring conversation with the unknown Verge – a grotesque mixture of sophistry mixed with an almost childlike self-pity and in-depth explanations of, for Jack, dangerous and difficult maneuvers.
