The Five Obstructions

2003 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 9,419 VOTES · DIR. Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth

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Overview

Lars von Trier challenges his mentor, filmmaker Jørgen Leth, to remake Leth’s 1967 short film The Perfect Human five times, each with a different set of bizarre and challenging rules.

Dialogue Timeline — 810 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:22 What i was thinking...
00:03:17 I've never been to cuba.
00:06:18 - Have they explained? - No, not yet.
00:08:52 You ought to look battered.
00:12:04 Shoes.
00:14:28 - a circle -
00:17:14 But that's what i want you to help me to do.
00:19:53 How close can you get? And when you come back -
00:24:03 - and then showing that distance.
00:27:28 Just to be on the safe side.
00:33:11 The fish is a beautiful sight on a table.
00:36:46 I do understand. And this film is most likely much better -
00:39:02 - Where fear transforms into madness, to put it bluntly.
00:41:43 - it's below the belt. - It is.
00:46:04 We know it's a set-up.
00:50:25 Right then.
00:57:00 Yes. "tortoise." I'll write it down.
00:59:30 No.
01:02:28 - and you haven't seen them at all.
01:09:24 I am smoking a cigarette.
01:14:19 And i'll eat the damned caviar.
01:17:04 You put the stress on "take wing" instead of "himself."
01:19:39 "Jorgen gets the rush of sartre and hemmingway's historical wings -
01:22:02 I only do all this so i can put up with myself.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed810
Dialogue density9.0 lines / min
First line00:00:22
Final line01:22:02

Production Record

DirectorLars von Trier, Jørgen Leth
LanguageDanish
IMDb votes9,419