LUDUS presents: The Five Obstructions


UPDATE - Change of title

Times
Wed May 6 at 5:00 PM
Cost
FREE
Venue
Design Room Theater (Melnitz 2534)
LUDUS presents: The Five Obstructions

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THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS
Dirs. Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth
[2003, 90 min]
Melnitz Hall room 2534, The Design Room
Wednesday 5pm

In this documentary, the most game-like of movie directors, Lars von Trier, challenges his former professor, veteran filmmaker Jørgen Leth, to remake Leth's 1967 cult short THE PERFECT HUMAN five times. For each remake, the petulant von Trier enforces a series of obstructions that force Leth to navigate the difficulties of rule-bound filmmaking as he traverses the globe. Nutty and combative, this meta-film presents the filmmaking process as a series of game-like moves and counter moves.

LUDUS, is a graduate student game-theorizing organization conceived of by students in the cinema and media studies program at ucla. in order to broaden the scope of our own gaming research, LUDUS engages with academics in the fields of ludology, semiology, film theory, and narratology, as well as persons who work within the gaming industry.


Published
Mon Apr 13, 2009 in Screening
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