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Five Obstructions
2003
About a filmmaker not only revisiting, but also recreating (not in a conventional sense) one of his first films, The Perfect Human / Det perfekte menneske (1967) Read more
| Starring | Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen, Jorgen Leth |
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| Director | Jorgen Leth, Lars Von Trier |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Five Obstructions
About a filmmaker not only revisiting, but also recreating (not in a conventional sense) one of his first films, The Perfect Human / Det perfekte menneske (1967)
| Starring | Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen, Jorgen Leth |
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| Director | Jorgen Leth, Lars Von Trier |
| Studio | DRAKES AVENUE PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 28 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Danish |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Sep 2004 Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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In 1967, the Danish director Jorgen Leth made a short film called The Perfect Human, in which the behaviour patterns of Claus Nissen and Maiken Algren were analysed as though they were lab specimens. Over 30 years later, Lars von Trier — clearly still amused by the restrictive approach imposed by his Dogme 95 experiment — challenged his mentor to remake his award-winning film, only to constantly find ways of hindering its progress. This is not only a fascinating insight into the cinematic process, but also a tribute to Leth's directorial ingenuity, as he endeavours to complete three live-action and one animated variation on his intriguing theme.
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Two directors playing cinematic ping-pong
A fabulous insight into the workings of the minds of two top directors, Leth and Von Trier play a game of cat and mouse over a remake of Leth's original 'The Perfect Human Being' a black and white short film from the late 60's that influenced a generation of later Scandinavian film-makers. Of course, one can't remake anything, and of course, nothing is ever really original anyway, so to make thing interesting Von Trier trhows curve balls at Leth in his attempts at remaking the original gem (also on the DVD). Five short films later, you can draw your own conclusions. I absolutely LOVED it as a whole (two of the five shorts were just gems!)
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
The Labyrinth
A rewarding and thought provoking psychological game of cat and mouse — a twisted therapy session run amok. Amazingly for what is really just a straight linear documentary-style narrative, the film reveals a whole series of tangential thought-provoking dialogs and interactions. We don't know who is following who, and for whom this novel therapeutic process is really for — both obstacle-maker (von Trier) and obstacle-jumper (Leth) show a rich seam of human imperfection and need along the way. Fascinating.
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