The Five Obstructions (De fem benspænd) (2003)

Leffapäiväkirja 2012 (324 movies items)

"1.9 SD Lars Von Trierin haastaa Jørgen Lethin tekemään viisi uusintaversiota elokuvastaan Perfect Human (kts. alla), mutta matkassa on yksi mutka: Jokaiseen remakeen tulee Larsin itsensä sanelemia estoja, joiden mukaan se pitää tehdä. Tämän vuoksi ensimmäinen remake kuvataan Kuubassa, se sisältää vain alle puolen sekunnin ottoja eikä lainkaan lavasteita, ja sen tulee myös vastata jokaiseen alkuperäisteoksen narraatiossa esiin tulevista kysymyksistä. Tämä on ehdottomasti raj"

Filmes Baixados (2229 movies items)

"Porta-CD: 01 CD: 29"

“Lars von Trier invites his friend and mentor, Jorgen Leth, to participate in a series of exercizes—or Obstructions—in which Leth must re-shoot his best known film, The Perfect Man. With each re-shooting, von Trier introduces a list of rules that Leth must follow, intent on analyzing not the film, but the director behind it. Von Trier sees Leth as The Perfect Man—cool, calm, in control—and he wants to upset that. He wants desperately to get Leth to peer inside himself and see the imperfections, and the weakness that one feels against such nihilistic obstructions (one of which being no shot can be longer than 12 frames). Leth, however, is clearly a gifted director, and he manages to take every painful obstruction and make it work beautifully for his own purposes. He has an insatiable” read more

World Cinema - Denmark (36 movies items)

"Source: New York Times critic choice"

yord's Top 100 Favorite Movies (100 movies items)

""This is the Perfect Man.""