The film may be viewed as a study of the nature of the medium and more specifically of the phenomena of framing, movement, and synchronicity of sound and picture.

A film about a living tradition at the Royal Theatre with The Royal Danish Ballet. Produced for Statens Filmcentral and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs by The Film Company. Directed by Jørgen Leth. Research/manuscript: Ole John. Advisor: Ebbe Mørk. Lighting: Jan Weincke and Barney Fick. Sound: Niels Bokkenheuser. Production chief: Ole John. Narration: Clive Barnes. Choreography: Auguste Bournonville. CONTENTS. -- Brief excerpt from a performance of Conservatoriet. Direction: Flemming Ryberg. Scenery and costumes: Ove C. Pedersen. Music: H.S. Paulli. -- Brief segments showing various teachers in class: children's class conducted by Flemming Ryberg; Fredbjørn Bjørnsson teaching a men's "Wednesday" class; Henning Kronstam teaching an adult class; Erik Bruhn, as guest director, teaching a women's class. -- Hans Brenaa teaching a mime sequence to Mette-Ida Kirk and Ib Andersen in preparation for restaging of Kermessen i Brügge. -- A week later, Brenaa rehearsing the same ballet with Kirk and Andersen. -- Another week later, Brenaa directing Kirk in the same ballet on stage. -- Backstage preparations before the premier of the same ballet shows dancers making up and warming up, and Brenaa giving a brief pre-performance talk to the dancers. -- Mette-Ida Kirk and Ib Andersen in the Pas de deux, Act I, from Kermessen i Brügge in performance. Direction: Hans Brenaa. Scenery and costumes: Lars Juhl. Music: H.S. Paulli. -- Performance of Tarentella from Act III of Napoli. Direction: Kirsten Ralov. Scenery and costumes: Søren Frandsen. Music: Paulli. -- Kirsten Ralov instructing Linda Hindberg and Arne Villumsen in a run-through of the Pas de deux from Flower Festival at Genzano.

As a visual narrative it is reminiscent of a pile of postcards from a journey, which indeed is what the film is. It consists of a series of lengthy shots of a tableau nature, each appearing to be a more or less random cross section of American reality, but which in total invoke a highly emblematic picture of the USA.

《完美的人》 丹麦电影约根列斯于1967年拍摄了这部12分钟长的关于人的行为方式的经典短片。该片与五道电影难题同时反映。 Jørgen Leth | 丹麦 | 1967 | 12 分钟 | 35毫米 | 丹麦语配中英文字幕 The Perfect Human An elegant and humorous film – in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise – spotlights “The Perfect Human,” a model of the modern Dane created by our wishful thinking. Jørgen Leth | Denmark | 1967 | 12 minutes | 35mm | Danish with Chinese and English subtitles