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The Five Obstructions

The Five Obstructions

2003
Drama
Documentary
1h 30m
Lars von Trier, true to form, has a bizarre way of showing his regard for mentor Jørgen Leth whose 1967 short film "The Perfect Human", he claims to have seen 20 times. Von Trier challenges Leth to remake the film following an increasingly difficult set of "obstructions".
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The Five Obstructions

2003
Drama
Documentary
1h 30m
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Rated 27 Oct 2011
54
23rd
The short films were great, but everything else was kind of tedious.
Rated 27 Jun 2010
63
25th
This was a very interesting idea for a film. Have a director remake his short film five times with different rules for each. I have never seen the original "The Perfect Human" before. They show most, if not all of it but it is not shown in order so I cannot tell. It's an interesting short. And some of the obstructions create interesting films as well. I particularly liked the one in Cuba and the one in Brussels. Over all it was good but a little slow in parts and I didn't like the ending at all.

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