The Five Obstructions (2003)

this film is credited to jorgen leth as a director, but if you watch it you’ll be hard pressed not to think it is in fact directed by lars von trier. this is, of course, on the assumption that the two men are not acting, and the documentary-like parts of the film where they are talking to each other are bone fide, unscripted recordings of their frank conversations. this is definitely how they are presented, and the aesthetic of dogma supports the belief that there shouldn’t be any manipulations there, any plays on the viewer. Continue reading The Five Obstructions (2003)