The Perfect Human Redux / Det Perfekte Menneske

The Perfect Human Redux from Michael Highland on Vimeo.

This is a slick take on Jorgen Leth’s 1967 short film “The Perfect Human.” The short is directed by Michael Highland, a young video game designer and theorist who you can read at his website Gamer Think, and stars Nick Salvatore (of the terrific Tumblr “Berserker“), who plays the didded-up perfect human with Patrick Bateman-like zeal. From the director, Highland:

“The Perfect Human Redux is an exploration of aesthetic and cultural themes that originated in Danish filmmaker Jorgan Leth’s 1967 short Det Perfekte Menneske. Inspired by Leth’s reexamination of his seminal film in The Five Obstructions (2003), I set out to capture my own vision of the perfect human in the context of American culture. I very much wanted to turn the original film on its head, while paying homage to Leth’s brilliant stylistic choices. Where in the original film I saw restraint and moderation, I wanted to substitute that with excess and conspicuous consumption. The result is a mix of film, performance art, and eating contest.”

Check out Highland’s and then go to the original below.