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The Five Obstructions
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Film von Lars von Trier und Jørgen Leth (2003)
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7.0In 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.
Cast
- Jørgen Leth as Voice-over (from Det perfekte menneske) / Self - Director / +
- Lars von Trier as Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")
- Claus Nissen as The Perfect Man (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)
- Majken Algren Nielsen as The Perfect Woman (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)
- Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez as The Perfect Man (segment "Cuba")
- Jacqueline Arenal as The Perfect Woman (segment "Cuba")
Themes
- third world
- challenge
- animated scene
- director
- filmmaking
- mentor protégé relationship
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- animated film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jørgen Leth
- Screenwriter
- Lars von Trier
- Composer
- Henning Christiansen
- Narrative location
- Denmark
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 920381
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.films-sans-frontieres.fr/5obstructions
- Image
- De fem benspænd.tif
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- publication date
- 2004-07-08
- title
- De fem benspænd
- distributed by
- Zentropa
- color
- black-and-white
- film format
- 35 mm film
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 79/100
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Article · Deutsch
The Five Obstructions (Originaltitel: De fem benspænd) ist ein filmisches Experiment, das der dänische Filmregisseur Lars von Trier 2002–2003 mit seinem älteren Regiekollegen und Freund Jørgen Leth unternahm. Leth sollte seinen Kurzfilm (Det perfekte menneske) von 1967 fünfmal neu drehen und bei jeder Fassung Bedingungen einhalten, die von Trier aufgestellt hatte. Der Film enthält Diskussionen zwischen Leth und von Trier, Aufnahmen von Leth bei der Drehort- und Darstellersuche sowie die fünf neu entstandenen Kurzfilme. Seine Premiere fand am 11. September 2003 im Rahmen des Toronto International Film Festival statt.
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