The play of iconicity in Lars von Trier’s THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

This article studies the function of the iconic sign and the operation of diagram-icons in Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built (2018), a film about a serial killer Jack (Matt Dillon) who builds a house of corpses before being escorted to hell. What is remarkable in this film is von Trier’s sp...

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Main Author: Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2020-06-01
Series:NECSUS : European journal of media studies
Online Access:https://necsus-ejms.org/the-play-of-iconicity-in-lars-von-triers-the-house-that-jack-built/