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The Perfect Human
Jørgen Leth probably never made anything as good as this little pearl, The Perfect Human.
Narrated by a toneless anthropological voice, two perfect beings let their lives unfold against a white abyss (this is years before The Matrix, so fuck off Neo). There is just the Great Big White, the Voice and two people living their lives. Simple. And yet it somehow captures an essence of something fragile and elusive, pulling our strange humanity out of white obscurity and pours it into these two beautiful actors. (I'm particularly fond of the man's little dance)
It's poetry on film. It's what the perfect performance looks like. 35 years after it was made, fellow Dane Lars von Trier challenged Leth to recreate the film five times, each with an obstruction designed to push Leth to the creative limit. The Five Obstructions (Buy it here
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is an excellent film documenting the devilish ping pong between the distinguished gentlemen and well worth a look.
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