The Perfect Human
( Det perfekte menneske )
Jørgen Leth
1968 - Danemark - Noir & Blanc - 13'
Photography : Henning Camre, Ole John
Sound : Kai Gram Larsen
Editing : Knud Hauge
Production : Laterna Film A/S
Distribution : Danish Film Institute (thomasc@dfi.dk, +45 33 74 35 76)
Jørgen Leth
1968 - Danemark - Noir & Blanc - 13'
“An attractive young couple serve as objects of demonstration. We will see how a human comes into being as an effect of the roles he or she is assigned. We will see how a human gets better at living. It all takes place in a brightly lit demonstration room with dissection lights. The film is a document – or metadocument – of life in Denmark in the year 1967. It will show the model, the perfect human, created according to our notions as expressed in various ways in our everyday life. In my opinion, this model is more representative of forward-pointing tendencies in society that even the astutest sociological report on life in Denmark.” Jørgen Leth
Photography : Henning Camre, Ole John
Sound : Kai Gram Larsen
Editing : Knud Hauge
Production : Laterna Film A/S
Distribution : Danish Film Institute (thomasc@dfi.dk, +45 33 74 35 76)