The Five Obstructions
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"A fascinating meditation on filmmaking and a remarkable intellectual exercise... It also offers conclusive proof of von Trier's outrageous genius." -- BBC Films
Two control freaks play an odd game of creative cat-and-mouse. Famed director Lars von Trier challenges filmmaker Jørgen Leth to recreate his 1967 masterpiece, "The Perfect Human." Leth agrees, and what follows is a series of increasingly strange and wacky rules set by von Trier as traps to catch Leth off-guard. Leth goes to the ends of the earth, literally and artistically, and what he comes back with will throw von Trier and the audience for a complete loop!
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The Five Obstructions (Danish: De Fem benspænd) is a 2003 film by Lars Von Trier and Jørgen Leth. The film is a documentary, but incorporates lengthy sections of experimental films produced by the filmmakers. The premise is that Lars Von Trier has created a challenge for his friend and mentor, Jørgen Leth, another filmmaker. Von Trier's favourite film is Leth's The Perfect Human (1967). Von Trier gives Leth the task of remaking The Perfect Human five times, each time with a different 'obstruction' (or obstacle) given by Von Trier.
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During one of the conversation segments in the documentary Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth agree that Leth will receive full credit for the fifth and final Obstruction entitled "The Perfect Human: Avedøre, Denmark" despite not directing it, and that Trier will receive none, although he will direct it. This, apparently, is within the rules of the game played out by the two directors during the documentary, and serves as an inside joke.
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