Jørgen Leth Collection 01-05 - 3-DVD Box Set ( Livet i Danmark / Det gode og det onde / Det perfekte menneske / De fem benspænd / Notater om kærligheden ) ( Life in Denmark / Good and Evil / The Perfect Human / The Five Obstructions (The 5 Obstructions) / Notes on Love )

Jørgen Leth Collection 01-05 - 3-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Livet i Danmark / Det gode og det onde / Det perfekte menneske / De fem benspænd / Notater om kærligheden
Alternate Title: Life in Denmark / Good and Evil / The Perfect Human / The Five Obstructions (The 5 Obstructions) / Notes on Love
Screened, competed or awarded at:
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
311 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1967 - 2003 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
France ( France, Benelux )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Jørgen Leth

Written By:
Jørgen Leth
Ole John
Lars von Trier
Susanne Bier

Actors:
Asger Leth ..... Himself
Jørgen Ryg
Claus Nissen
Ulla Gottlieb
Holger Juul Hansen
Ulf Pilgaard
Ghita Nørby
Lars Knutzon
Kirsten Peüliche
Jørgen Reenberg
Ove Brusendorff
Ditte Maria
Ib Mossin
Anniqua
Diana Benneweis
Frank Bierlich
Peter Bierlich
Claus Nissen ..... The Perfect Man
Majken Algren Nielsen ..... The Perfect Woman
Jørgen Leth ..... Speaker
Claus Nissen ..... The Perfect Man - from 'Det perfekte menneske' 1967
Majken Algren Nielsen ..... The Perfect Woman, from 'Det perfekte menneske' 1967)
Jørgen Leth ..... Speaker (from 'Det perfekte menneske' 1967) / Himself - Director
Lars von Trier ..... Himself - Obstructor (segments 'The Conversations') / Lars von Trier
Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez ..... The Perfect Man (segment 'Obstruction #1 - The Perfect Human: Cuba')
Jacqueline Arenal ..... The Perfect Woman (segment 'Obstruction #1 - The Perfect Human: Cuba')
Vivian Rosa ..... The Perfect Woman (segment 'Obstruction #3 - The Perfect Human: Brussels')
Alexandra Vandernoot ..... The Perfect Man / Speaker (segment 'Obstruction #3 - The Perfect Human: Brussels
Patrick Bauchau ..... Maid (segment 'Obstruction #3 - The Perfect Human: Brussels')
Marie Dejaer ..... Couple (Man) (segment 'Obstruction #3 - The Perfect Human: Brussels')
Pascal Perez ..... Couple (Woman) (segment 'Obstruction #3 - The Perfect Human: Brussels')
Meschell Perez ..... Gangster from 'Det gode og det onde' 1975 featured in segment 'Obstruction #4
Bent Christensen ..... Naked Man, from 'Notater om kærligheden' 1989 featured in segment 'Obstruction
Anders Hove ..... Naked Woman - from 'Notater om kærligheden' 1989
Charlotte Sieling
Claus Nissen ..... Forfatteren / The Writer
Stina Ekblad ..... Kvinden med penge / Woman with money
Jan Nowicki ..... Manden med frakken / Man with jacket
Hanne Uldal ..... Nøgen mand / Naked Man
Baard Owe
Anders Hove
Peter Eszterhas
Pia Trøst Nissen
Jørgen Leth
Mette-Ida Kirk
Arne Villumsen
Linda Hindberg
Lars Damsgaard
Edith Guillaume

Synopsis:

With an oeuvre spanning nearly five decades, Jørgen Leth is among the most distinctive artists in Danish cinema. His films on the whole are remarkable for their experimentation, as he has consistently explored the possibilities and limitations of the film medium. Now, the Danish Film Institute is issuing Jørgen Leth's complete works on DVD in a six-volume box set. The first box embraces Leth's so-called anthropological films - five films in all shaped around an anthropological approach to selected slices of life. Leth briefly studied ethnography in the early 1960s; as a filmmaker, he has employed anthropological methods and stratagems, whether portraying people and customs in rainforest settings (Notes on Love) or training his lens on miscellaneous Danes (Life in Denmark). In 'The Perfect Human', he sets out to study the human species - as biological creature and as phenomenon. In the director's own words, 'My basic idea is: I know nothing, but I would like to know something. Curiosity is an engine. Searching, fascination, framing. Discovering, seeking to understand. Not knowing in advance, not proving, not illustrating, certainly not arguing, but showing.' This was a necessary starting point for the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) when he visited the Trobiand Islands in the 1920s to study local sexual customs. Recently, Lars von Trier, taking off from The Perfect Human, put the method to the test in 'The Five Obstructions'.

CONTENTS:
Livet i Danmark / Life in Denmark (1972)
Det gode og det onde / Good and Evil (1975)
Det perfekte menneske / The Perfect Human (1968)
De fem benspænd / The Five Obstructions (2003)
Notater om kærligheden / Notes on Love (1989)
Bonus: Tropical Mix (2007)

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 26 September, 2011.

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