简介：AnextensionofThePerfectHuman,GoodandEvilisalonger,moreexpansivepseudo-documentaryportrayaloflife,noless.UsingcapacioustitlesorchapterheadingsthatLeth'snarrator'svoicedwellsuponandimpressesuponusashetoyswiththecliché"Faces","Bodies","Things","Necessaryactions","Unnecessaryactions",Goodthoughts","Badthoughts","Pleasantfeelings","Unpleasantfeelings",and"Words"-thefilmconsistofaestheticallytitillatingandcontentuallyalmostschematicscenesshotinthevoidofthefilmstudio:faces,bodiesandthings.Amanwithashoe.Anothermanwithahardboiledeggwhichhetalksaboutandeats.Awomangivesherhusbandashirt.Acouplewhoargue.Adesperatewoman.Andsoforth.Thereisnopsychologicalshadingofthecharacters,merelyaseriesofsketchesorexamplesthatareasifpluckedoutofdifferenteverydaycontexts.ThethreadleadingbacktoLifeinDenmarkisthusalsoclear.Thedialogueissparseandphrasesorfragmentsofphrasesrecur,spokenbydifferentactorsandindifferentroles,whichmaybeviewedasanaccentuationoftheordinarinessoftheselittleutterancesandasanawarenessoflanguageassuch.Besidestheprofessionalcastworkthefilmusesseveralphotographicmodels,thecircusartisteDianaBenneweis,andthecyclistoleRitter,whoallposeinfrontofthecamerainsmalltableaux.InadditiontothecrazinessoftheprojectthefilmalsocontainsaseriesofzanycomicactswithClausNissentocarrythem.Heburstsintosongwhilewashinghishands,dancesinanemptyroom,playsrhythmicgameswiththestatement"BossanovarhythmsIhavenothingagainst"andrepeatshismysteriousclosinglinefromThePerfectHuman:"Today,too,Ihadanexperience..."Theframeworkforthescenesismadeupofacoupleofvisualleitmotifsbywayofhousefrontsandlandscapes.InadditionabeautifultravellingshotfromanavenueatdramaticallyappropriatemomentsisaccompaniedbyoneofthetwotunesbyGunnerMøllerPedersenfromthefilm,sunginagirlishvoicebySanneSalomonsen.In1999LarsvonTrierchosethefilmtorepresentDanishcinemaatanumberofEuropeanfilmfestivalsoveraperiodofthreeyears.…