Editing Lars von Trier (section)

=== 2015–2018: ''The House That Jack Built'' and return to Cannes ===
In 2015, von Trier began work on a new feature film, ''[[The House That Jack Built (2018 film)|The House That Jack Built]]'', which was originally planned as an eight-part television series. The story is about a serial killer, seen from the murderer's point of view. It starred [[Matt Dillon]] in the title role, alongside [[Bruno Ganz]], [[Riley Keough]] and [[Sofie Gråbøl]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/Lars.von.Trier/videos/10154613889459922/ |title=Lars von Trier |website=www.facebook.com |access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104020846/https://www.facebook.com/Lars.von.Trier/videos/10154613889459922/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=289859 |title=Lars von Trier back at work on The House That Jack Built |first=Jorn Rossing |last=Jensen |date=17 April 2015 |publisher=Cineuropa |access-date=23 January 2016 |archive-date=23 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223040156/http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=289859 |url-status=live}}</ref> Shooting started in March 2017 in Sweden, before moving to Copenhagen in May.<ref name="trump" />

In February 2017, von Trier explained that the film "celebrates the idea that life is evil and soulless, which is sadly proven by the recent rise of the ''Homo trumpus'' – the rat king".<ref name="trump">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/14/lars-von-trier-donald-trump-the-house-that-jack-built |title=Lars von Trier inspired by Donald Trump for new serial-killer film |last=Shoard |first=Catherine |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 February 2017 |access-date=3 March 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308174038/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/14/lars-von-trier-donald-trump-the-house-that-jack-built |url-status=live }}</ref> The film premiered at the [[2018 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] in May 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kermode |first1=Mark |last2=critic |first2=Observer film |title=The House That Jack Built review – a killer with room for improvement |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/16/the-house-that-jack-built-review-lars-von-trier-matt-dillon-uma-thurman-sofie-grabol |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 March 2020 |date=16 December 2018 |archive-date=16 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516173834/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/16/the-house-that-jack-built-review-lars-von-trier-matt-dillon-uma-thurman-sofie-grabol |url-status=live}}</ref> Despite more than a hundred walkouts by audience members, the film still received a 10-minute standing ovation.<ref name="JB">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/the-house-that-jack-built-first-reactions-lars-von-trier-cannes-1201963300/|title=The House That Jack Built First Reactions: von Trier Inspires Walkouts|author=Marotta, Jenna|date=14 May 2018|access-date=20 January 2019|archive-date=10 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410111625/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/the-house-that-jack-built-first-reactions-lars-von-trier-cannes-1201963300/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/17/lars-von-trier-cannes-walkouts-the-house-that-jack-built |title=Lars von Trier on Cannes walkouts: 'I'm not sure they hated my film enough' |date=17 May 2018 |author= Shoard, Catherine |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |access-date=21 December 2018 |archive-date=21 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041541/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/17/lars-von-trier-cannes-walkouts-the-house-that-jack-built |url-status=live}}</ref>