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''The Perfect Human'' () is a cult
short film A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...
in black and white by Jørgen Leth lasting 13 minutes about a middle class Danish couple performing everyday rituals. The film examines human behavior in a suave, pseudo-scientific way. It depicts well-dressed actors, a man and a woman, both labelled 'the perfect human' in a detached manner, 'functioning' in a blank boundless room, as though they were subjects in a zoo.The Five Obstructions (2003) , FILM REVIEW; A Cinematic Duel of Wits For Two Danish Directors
/ref> The tone of world-weary detachment is created through a
voice-over Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique used in radio, television, filmmaking, theatre, and other media in which a descriptive or expository voice that is not part of the narrative (i.e., non- ...
providing comments on their mundane actions. The film was later seen in five different versions when Leth was challenged by filmmaker
Lars von Trier Lars von Trier (né Trier; born 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. Beginning in the late-1960s as a child actor working on Danish television series ''Secret Summer'', von Trier's career has spanned more than five decad ...
, which were compiled in ''
The Five Obstructions ''The Five Obstructions'' is a 2003 Danish documentary film directed by Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth. The film is conceived as a documentary, but incorporates lengthy sections of experimental films produced by the filmmakers. The premise is ...
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''The Perfect Human'' at Danish Film Institute
1968 short documentary films 1968 films Danish short documentary films Films directed by Jørgen Leth 1960s Danish-language films {{1960s-Denmark-film-stub