The film examines human behavior in a suave, pseudoscientific way. It depicts a man and a woman, both labelled the perfect human in a. In the late 1960s, danish filmmaker jorgen leth made a short conceptual work, titled the perfect human. Nicholsthis is my submission for the comics workbook composition competition. Rent the five obstructions 2003 on dvd and bluray dvd. Det perfekte menneske the perfect human is the 1967 short film by danish filmmaker jorgen leth.
The perfect human is a short comedy that plays only thirteen minutes. Det perfekte menneske is a cult short film in black and white by jorgen leth lasting minutes about a middle class danish couple. Det perfekte menneske by jorgen leth on vod lacinetek. Watch and create more animated gifs like jorgen leth the perfect human, 1967 at. With claus nissen, majken algren nielsen, daniel hernandez rodriguez, jacqueline arenal. Also, today i experienced something that i hope to understand in a few days. An elegant and humorous film in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise spotlights the perfect human, a model of the modern dane created by our wishful thinking.
Now 82, the danish polymath has a number of strings to his. Timeless short from jorgen leth that is in its seemingly simplistic style the perfect short. Well, in my case, i fell in love with jorgen leth s movies in film school. Im probably one of the thousands beginners who asks to use some takes of the perfect human is their first jobs. Jorgen leth shows a man, the perfect human, during common actions like eating, dancing, jumping. They are placed in an all white unlimited room, and are acting out in a disconnected kind of behavior. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music. Leth s writing includes poetry, essays, radio and television dramas. An elegant and humorous filmin the guise of a serious anthropological treatisespotlights the perfect human, a model of the modern dane created by our wishful thinking. In 1967, leth directed a beautiful, simple minimalist short film called the perfect. An extension of the perfect human, good and evil is a longer, more. With claus nissen, ulla gottlieb, holger juul hansen, ulf pilgaard. Now he summons the 67yearold leth from retirement in haiti and commands him to remake the film in five different ways. The perfect human cartoon remake by jorgen leth youtube.
Guest lecturer at the national film school of denmark. Its an adaptation of jorgen leth s short film the perfect human for years this film has haunted me, so i figured doing a version of it in my own medium would help me understand something different and hopefully more in depth about it. The five obstructions 2003 download full hd youtube. The film is conceived as a documentary, but incorporates lengthy sections of experimental films produced by the filmmakers. Most notable are his epic documentary a sunday in hell 1977 and his surrealistic short film the perfect human 1967. He is also a sports commentator for danish television and is represented by the film production company sunset productions. This is the perfect human jorgen leth 1967 by juan pascual sgro on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The perfect human retrospective of danish documentaries. In 1967, leth made a 12minute short film called the perfect human. In 1967, we learn, leth made a 12minute film named the perfect human. The perfect human movie poster the first part of the project was to watch det perfekte menneskethe perfect human by jorgen leth and create a poster for the film. A 1967 short film by jorgen leth lasting 12 minutes.
We are going to see the perfect human being in action, we hear, and leth s voice puts descriptive or puzzled words to the little actions the film exhibits. Most notable are his documentary a sunday in hell 1977 and his surrealistic short film the perfect human 1967. And ive made my very first short film blindex, an experimental documentary about loss of vision with two takes of the perfect human here is an eye. The perfect human det perfekte menneske by jorgen leth, 1967.
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