The Perfect Human
Danish director, author and visual artist Jørgen Leth’s compact masterpiece is a gently surreal, satirical commentary on the human condition. Meticulously framed in crisp monochrome shots, this 13-minute gem is pitched as a quasi-anthropological snapshot of a young couple performing everyday tasks in a blank interior space. The film enjoyed a profile boost when fellow Dane Lars von Trier challenged Leth to shoot multiple remakes for their experimental collaboration THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (2003).
Majken Algren Nielsen, Claus Nissen, Jørgen Leth
- Notes From Mike MillsThe narrator in THE PERFECT HUMAN says: “Here is the human. Here is the perfect human. We will see the perfect human functioning. How does such a number function?” And it’s always repetitions, and it’s bonkers expository. I, for whatever reason, love that. It’s transformative.
