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		jonplackett 77 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Successful people set constraints rather than chas... The Five Obstructions is a beautiful example of how constraints - counterintuitively - make creativity easier not harder. Lars Von Trier challenges Jørgen Leth to remake his classic short ‘The Perfect Human’ five times under increasingly ridiculous constraints. Really worth a watch. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0354575/

speed_spread 77 days ago [–]

Thanks but one of my constraints is to never watch another Lars Von Trier movie.

jonplackett 76 days ago | [–]

It’s not really his movie. He is cast intentionally as the biggest asshole they can find who will make difficult obstructions - he does a good job.

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