Word: lethe
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...Seven kids, and a few audience memers, turn a spelling competition into a life lesson in this rambunctious musical. A few of the cast memers get carried away with cuteness (a little leth lithping would be nice), but the show is inventive and charming, and Finn's score, in a beautiful second act number in which one girl recounts her history of family dysfuncion, soars from the silly to the sublime...
...last year’s “The Five Obstructions,” director Lars Von Trier challenged retired filmmaker Jorgan Leth to remake his 1967 short film, “The Perfect Human,” along an arbitrary set of hindrances that Von Trier had put forth, including restrictions on shooting locations, lengths of frame, even choice of medium. Leth went along with the proposition and was roundly commended by critics for his gamesmanship and the fairly watchable results in the face of the Von Trier hurdles...
...Still, Leth ain’t got nothing on the participants of the 48 Hour Film Festival; he at least had an actual crew, as much time as he’d liked, and previous content on which to base his work. Those braving the Festival’s challenge had to create a short film, four to eight minutes in length, entirely from scratch, over the span of one weekend...
...next time you hear a director complain about the studio or his stars or the weather or whatever, think of what Jorgen Leth achieved with Lars von Trier as his boss--when five obstructions became five splendid opportunities. --By Richard Corliss
...only bad film Leth makes is remake No. 3, in which the obstruction is no obstruction and Leth has the freedom to do as he wishes. Without the arbitrary guidelines, Leth delivers an unfocused mess. But even that botch has instructive value. It shows why a director's most personal work often fails and why masterpieces are made within the confines of genre: film noir, western, Cuban movie in half-second shots...