We looked at the short Experimental film entitled The Perfect Human (Leth, 1967) where we watched the movements of a man and a women who were labelled "The Perfect Human". We watched them sleep, eat, change etc, all in the backdrop of a large boundless white room.
The film was interesting, it was as if by watching those who were depicted as "The Perfect Human" we were supposed to be learning from their ways. It almost felt as a form of subliminal messaging. Watching this film lead on to the Feature film of The Five Obstructions (Leth, Von Trier, 2003). Whereby Lars Von Trier allowed Jorgen Leth to recreate his short film five different times. Each time there was a new limit, for example, Animation, No clip being longer than 12 frames etc. We watched as Leth did what he could to over come the barriers by either finding loopholes, or exploiting the elements he found particularly interesting.
Overall the message of the film was interesting; There is always a way to make a seemingly impossible task into something you end up loving or enjoying. And this will become useful later on down the line when we get the brief for our first projects.
I did feel as though Von Trier was looking to push Leth, poking him and goading him and more or less setting him up to fail, which didn't make me like him at all. But what I did admire was Leth's non relenting ability to come out on top despite the perpetual torments of his master. The obstructions had to be admired for their creativity though they were at times made up on the spot to hurt Leth. The way he overcame them, as previously stated was very encouraging.
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