The Five Obstructions vs The Last Class
The Last Class has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for The Five Obstructions). The Last Class is the shorter watch at 1h 11m compared with 1h 30m. The Five Obstructions is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Five Obstructions
The Last Class| The Five Obstructions | The Last Class | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 11m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier | Elliot Kirschner |
| Main cast | Patrick Bauchau, Lars von Trier, Anders Hove, Jørgen Leth, Claus Nissen | Robert Reich |
Synopsis
The Five Obstructions
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates…
The Last Class
American political economist, professor, author, and social media sensation Robert Reich teaches his final "Wealth and Poverty" class to 1,000 students at UC Berkeley, ending a 40-year career that reached 40,000 students. One thousand fill the biggest lecture hall on the UC Berkeley campus, the last class to receive Reich's wisdom and exhortations not to accept that the world has to stay the way it is. His belief in the next generation's…
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