Lars von Trier heeft met zijn Cannes-comeback The House That Jack Built andermaal het festival op stelten gezet. Honderd mensen zouden de zaal hebben verlaten tijdens de wereldpremière van de kroniek van een seriemoordenaar (Matt Dillon) en volgens sommigen zat zelfs de helft van het publiek de film niet uit.

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

De film zou naar de mening van velen gewelddadig en wansmakelijk zijn, maar kreeg na afloop wel een tien minuten durende staande ovatie.

Een journalist vroeg von Trier achteraf of hij zijn pillen wel genomen had. De regisseur zei zelf dat hij al heel zijn leven films maakt over brave vrouwen en dat hij er ditmaal een over een doortrapte man heeft gemaakt.

Een greep uit de geshockeerde reacties:

Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built’ is the worst movie of the year. #Cannes2018

— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) May 14, 2018

Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built’ was one of the most unpleasant movie-going experiences of my life. #Cannes2018

— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) May 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/robbiereviews/status/996169139512324097

Walked out on LarsvonTrier . Vile movie. Should not have been made. Actors culpable

— Showbiz 411 (@showbiz411) May 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/OscarPredictor/status/996152868590714881

Sadistic murder porn that inspired more than a few walkouts. But such is usually Von Trier’s MO #cannes2018 #TheHouseThatJackBuilt

— Andrea Mandell (@AndreaMandell) May 14, 2018

Lars Von Trier’s The House That Jack Built is an ordeal of gruesomeness and tiresomeness, quite as exasperating as I feared, but leading to what I have to admit is a spectacular horror finale. Review later #Cannes2018 #Cannes71 #Cannes

— Peter Bradshaw (@PeterBradshaw1) May 14, 2018

#LarsVonTrier @Festival_Cannes with #TheHouseThatJackBuilt is Two and a half hours of #Hell

— Baz Bamigboye @Deadline (@BazBam) May 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/kylebuchanan/status/996158672375083009

I've just walked out of #LarsVonTrier premiere at #Cannes2018 because seeing children being shot and killed is not art or entertainment

— Charlie Angela (@CharlieAJ) May 14, 2018

why can’t Lars von Trier just make a normal fcking movie for once. pushing limits is one thing but he’s just a complete sadist expressing his narcissism and contempt for the world through his art.

— luke returns to michigan🏴🇵🇸 (@skywlkr_luked) May 14, 2018

Seeing a lot of “what were they expecting?!” in regards to disgust at the Lars von Trier movie.

Understanding a filmmaker’s general leanings and being repulsed by a specific piece of work are not mutually exclusive.

— Russ Fischer (@russfischer) May 14, 2018

Lars von Trier really is on some next level feminist trolling with the characters in THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. #Cannes2018 pic.twitter.com/agJYf1GXVO

— douglas greenwood (@douglasgrnwd) May 14, 2018

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