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The Good and the Bad (1975)
78 min | Documentary

The Good and the Bad (1975)

78 min | Documentary

An extension of The Perfect Human, Good and Evil is a longer, more expansive pseudo-documentary portrayal of life, no less. Using capacious titles or chapter headings that Leth's narrator's voice dwells upon and impresses upon us as he ...See moreAn extension of The Perfect Human, Good and Evil is a longer, more expansive pseudo-documentary portrayal of life, no less. Using capacious titles or chapter headings that Leth's narrator's voice dwells upon and impresses upon us as he toys with the cliché "Faces", "Bodies", "Things", "Necessary actions", "Unnecessary actions", Good thoughts", "Bad thoughts", "Pleasant feelings", "Unpleasant feelings", and "Words" - the film consist of aesthetically titillating and contentually almost schematic scenes shot in the void of the film studio: faces, bodies and things. A man with a shoe. Another man with a hardboiled egg which he talks about and eats. A woman gives her husband a shirt. A couple who argue. A desperate woman. And so forth. There is no psychological shading of the characters, merely a series of sketches or examples that are as if plucked out of different everyday contexts. The thread leading back to Life in Denmark is thus also clear. The dialogue is sparse and phrases or fragments of phrases recur, spoken by different actors and in different roles, which may be viewed as an accentuation of the ordinariness of these little utterances and as an awareness of language as such. Besides the professional cast work the film uses several photographic models, the circus artiste Diana Benneweis, and the cyclist ole Ritter, who all pose in front of the camera in small tableaux. In addition to the craziness of the project the film also contains a series of zany comic acts with Claus Nissen to carry them. He bursts into song while washing his hands, dances in an empty room, plays rhythmic games with the statement "Bossa nova rhythms I have nothing against" and repeats his mysterious closing line from The Perfect Human: "Today, too, I had an experience ..." The framework for the scenes is made up of a couple of visual leitmotifs by way of house fronts and landscapes. In addition a beautiful travelling shot from an avenue at dramatically appropriate moments is accompanied by one of the two tunes by Gunner Møller Pedersen from the film, sung in a girlish voice by Sanne Salomonsen. In 1999 Lars von Trier chose the film to represent Danish cinema at a number of European film festivals over a period of three years ("15 x 15: European Cinema Heritage"). Written by Anonymous See less

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28 cast members

Name	Known for
Claus Nissen Actor Actor See fewer	Dead Planet (1972)
Ulla Gottlieb Actress Actress See fewer	Hearts High (1976)
Holger Juul Hansen Actor Actor See fewer	The Kingdom (1994)
Ulf Pilgaard Actor Actor See fewer	Body Switch (1995)
Ghita Nørby Actress Actress See fewer	Hamsun (1996)
Lars Knutzon Actor Actor See fewer	Just a Girl (1995)
Kirsten Peüliche Actress Actress See fewer	Think of a Number (1969)
Jørgen Reenberg Actor Actor See fewer	Blodsbånd (1998)
Ove Brusendorff Actor Actor See fewer	Pornography: A Musical (1971)
Ditte Maria Wiberg Actress (as Ditte Maria) Actress (as Ditte Maria) See fewer	Dead Planet (1972)
Ib Mossin Actor Actor See fewer	The Battle for Naesbygaard (1964)
Anniqua Actress Actress See fewer	Blind makker (1976)
Sven-Ole Thorsen Actor Actor See fewer	Gladiator (2000)
Diana Benneweis Actress Actress See fewer	Father of Four in a Sunny Mood (1971)
Frank Bierlich Actor Actor See fewer	The Good and the Bad (1975)
Peter Bierlich Actor Actor See fewer	Fantasterne (1967)
Bent Christensen Gangster Gangster See fewer	Harry and the Butler (1961)
Hanna Holm Actress Actress See fewer	Between the Sheets (1973)
Hans Jørgen Jacobsen Actor Actor See fewer	Come to My Bedside (1975)
Bente Jensen Actress Actress See fewer	Lykken er en underlig fisk (1989)
Claus Jespersen Actor Actor See fewer	Father of Four in a Sunny Mood (1971)
Ole Ritter Actor Actor See fewer	The Stars and the Water Carriers (1974)
Dan Turèll Actor Actor See fewer	Murder in the Dark (1986)
Elona Sjøgren Actress Actress See fewer	The Good and the Bad (1975)
Asger Leth Self Self See fewer	Ghosts of Cité Soleil (2006)
Jørgen Leth Speaker (voice) Speaker (voice) See fewer	Haiti. Untitled (1995)
Ann-Mari Max Hansen Actress Actress See fewer	The Liar (1970)
Jørgen Ryg Actor Actor See fewer	Lenin, You Rascal, You (1972)