Monday, December 2, 2024

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT (Lars von Trier, 2018, Denmark)

 

This is the house that Jack built.
This is the girl
with the flat tire
that lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the woman,
who lost her husband,
positioned next to the girl with the flat tire,
that lay in the house that Jack built.

This is woman with two children,
hunted and shot like animals,
now prone besides the woman who lost her husband,
positioned next to the girl with the flat tire,
that lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the simple girl,
humiliated and mutilated,
next to the woman and her two children,
hunted and shot like animals,
now prone besides the woman who lost her husband,
positioned next to the girl with the flat tire,
that lay in the house that Jack built.

These are the five men tied in a row,
near the simple girl,
humiliated and mutilated,
next to the woman and her two children,
hunted and shot like animals,
now prone besides the woman who lost her husband,
positioned next to the girl with the flat tire,
that lay in the house that Jack built.

Now appears Virgil to guide the Architect,
leaving behind the five men tied in a row,
near the simple girl,
humiliated and mutilated,
next to the woman and her two children,
hunted and shot like animals,
now prone besides the woman who lost her husband,
positioned next to the girl with the flat tire,
that lay in the house that Jack built.

Through concentric circles of Hell until the bottomless pit,
Virgil guides the Architect,
leaving behind the five men tied in a row,
near the simple girl,
humiliated and mutilated,
next to the woman and her two children,
hunted and shot like animals,
now prone besides the woman who lost her husband,
positioned next to the girl with the flat tire,
that lay in the house that Jack built.

Now falls the Architect into the pit he deserves,
guided by Virgil,
leaving behind the five men tied in a row,
near the simple girl,
humiliated and mutilated,
next to the woman and her two children,
hunted and shot like animals,
now prone besides the woman who lost her husband,
positioned next to the girl with the flat tire,
that lay in the house that Jack built.

Final Grade: (C)