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May 27, 2005
The Five Obstructions
The Five Obstructions (2003), Lars Von Trier:
Again, Lars Von Trier plays the asshole, but here like everywhere else, it's just another character in a movie geared toward making whatever point at whatever cost. I suppose it's a little mean to be a jerk to such a nice guy as Jørgen Leth seems, but he's there voluntarily.
The DVD contains the original The Perfect Human upon which Leth and Von Trier build their variations, and it's a really nice piece. Building off of them with a series of outlandish requirements seems like mad fun, but the "obstructions" never quite live up to the expectations of such an ambitious artistic experiment. What's worse is that by the end, Von Trier's intention is made so perfectly clear that you might be fooled into thinking he's succeeded in his goal, but that's just not so.
7/15
Posted by bing at May 27, 2005 03:16 PM