It’s not difficult to understand the movie <The Five Obstructions>. Lars Von Trier asked Jorgen Leth to restart to film the movie <THE Perfect Human> which is filmed in 1976 and gave him five obstructions. At the same time, Lars Von Trier make the process which Jorgen Leth got over the challenge and finished the new film as a documentary. For Jorgen Leth, the film < The Perfect human > in 1967 just like a classical movie in movie history.
The first obstruction is 12 frames and went to Cuba to make the movie. The second obstruction, went to Mencius, in a painful place and Lars Von Trier would be the hero but no heroine. The third obstruction, totally free, no Jorgen Leth’s obstruction, all the idea are from Lars Von Trier. The forth obstruction, cartoon, although Lars Von Trier hate cartoon, but he still have to make it. And the last obstruction is the end.
