1967年,丹麦电影导演乔根·莱斯(Jørgen Leth)创作出颇具实验色彩的作品《完美的人(Det perfekte menneske)》。也许乔根本人都没料到,四十多年后,他的作品竟会以如此奇特的方式被人记起和关注。始作俑者拉斯·冯·特里尔,Dogma95的发起者,他邀请乔森按照常识(challenge on the technique)、表达手段(absence of figure)、自由发挥(challenge on personal limit)、动画(形式的多样化)、内容(deprivation of contents)等电影创作的五种基本形式重拍《完美的人》,且在重拍基础上还要进行再创造。周旋于孟买、哈瓦那、布鲁塞尔等地,一部奇特的电影人之间的互搏悄悄诞生……
本片荣获2004年Motovun电影节国际影评人费比西奖。
This film is not about the revolution that changed Ukraine this winter. Not exactly. It rather shows a universal pattern of particular kind of uprisings - those ones that end with bloodshed. At first, the noble endeavor for freedom collides with the dark force of repressive rulers. Then eventually, after much confusion and chaos, the righteous anger of people changes to pure outrage. And when the first casualties on both sides fall, no matter how black and white it seems from outside, the edge between good and bad blurs when one looks from the epicenter of a battle. And finally, all things ablaze.
With unprecedented access to the foremost American negotiators, THE HUMAN FACTOR is the behind-the-scenes story from the last 25 years, of how the United States came within reach of pulling off the impossible - securing peace between Israel and its neighbors. Today, the need to learn from past mistakes couldn't be more urgent.