Cannes Audiences Walked Out Of A Screening For Lars Von Trier’s Latest Movie
Lars Von Trier was invited back to Cannes again this year after sitting out a seven year ban for saying Hitler was a swell guy when promoting 2011’s Melancholia. (If you don’t remember, watch the clip, if only for Kirsten Dunst’s pained reaction, one of the many reasons I think she’s swell). He was back this year with his latest film, The House That Jack Built, which is about a serial killer, played by Matt Dillon. And things didn’t go so well again. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the snooty patooty Cannes crowd walked out on the screening in droves because they were shocked (shocked I tell you!) at the gruesomeness of the movie. To which I say: What did you ding dongs expect!?
Here’s the trailer for THTJB.
Damn, I wish Uma Thurman would stop getting her ass beat to hell on film. Speaking of Uma, she skipped Cannes this year but Matt and was there and walked the carpet with Lars.
THR reports that Lars was at first greeted with a standing ovation at the beginning of the screening until they realised that THTJB wasn’t a lake house and Sandra Bullock wasn’t going to show up and fall in love. Alas, “the cheers soon turned to groans as several audience members fled for the exits in the middle” of the screening. #whofarted
I’ve never seen anything like this at a film festival. More than 100 people have walked out of Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built,’ which depicts the mutilation of women and children. “It’s disgusting,” one woman said on her way out. #Cannes2018 pic.twitter.com/GsBGCoyHEG
— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) May 14, 2018
Just left Lars Von Trier's The House that Jack Built.
Gross. Pretentious. Vomitive. Torturous. Pathetic. #Cannes2018— The Oscar Predictor (@OscarPredictor) May 14, 2018
Talked to someone who walked out of the Lars von Trier film at Cannes: "He mutilates Riley Keough, he mutilates children… and we are all there in formal dress expected to watch it?"
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) May 14, 2018
I’ve got news for you, pretentious Cannes audience member, your tuxedo can’t save you from Satan, pal!
It's clear that some Hollywood filmmakers are under heavy demonic influence. What they produce is pure satanism. Those who enjoy this kind of stuff should be extremely worried about the state of their souls. https://t.co/xBeaGH070Q
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) May 15, 2018
Quick question, though, when has Lars Von Trier ever NOT been a creepy auteur about whom you probably wouldn’t be surprised if you heard he’d tasted human flesh? It’s kind of his whole deal, isn’t it? He’s always controversial but he’s pretty predictable. The fact that they invited him back at all is a mystery.
Nevertheless, #Cannes2018 still gives Lars von Trier a standing ovation after ‘The House That Jack Built.’ As someone sitting near me put it: “They’ll clap for anything.” pic.twitter.com/xa6Hi0t23r
— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) May 14, 2018
Cannes seems like such a weird scene. No selfies or flats are allowed but Roman Polanski and possible nazi and alleged Björk abuser LVT are A-OK? Got it. I think I’ll continue to not go despite the countless embossed invitations I’ve thrown in the trash over the years.
Pic: Wenn.com