The Five Obstructions (2003)

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Rating: NONE

Release Date: Nov 7, 2003

Running Time: 100 mins.

Additional Notes: dialogue Danish, English, French and Spanish; subtitled English

Country Of Origin: Denmark

Country Of Origin: Belgium

Country Of Origin: Switzerland

Country Of Origin: France

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director: Lars von Trier, Jorgen Leth

An investigative journey into the phenomenon of filmmaking in which filmmaker Jorgen Leth remakes, not once but five times, his own 1967 short film "The Perfect Human/Det Perfekte Menneske," each time within a series of guidelines and limitations imposed upon him by director Lars Von Trier.

PETER TRAVERS - May 18, 2004

Keep Survivor and Fear Factor, and give me this spellbinding mind teaser, the ultimate game for movie buffs. It starts when director Lars von Trier (Dogville) challenges a fellow Dane, Jorgen Leth, to remake Leth's 1967 short film The Perfect Human five times, each with an obstruction dictated by von Trier. In the first version, filmed in Cuba, Leth must make sure no shot runs longer than half a second. I won't tell more. But Leth is hypnotically unstoppable.

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