The Five Obstructions
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The Five Obstructions
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Status
Released
Production
Panic Productions
Aired
2003-11-07
The Five Obstructions
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates increasingly further elaborate stipulations.
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Voice-over (from Det perfekte menneske) / Self - Director / +
Jørgen Leth
Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")
Lars von Trier
The Perfect Man (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)
Claus Nissen
The Perfect Woman (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)
Majken Algren Nielsen
The Perfect Man (segment "Cuba")
Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez
