Trailer: Gifts of Chance – a film about Jørgen Leth

Poet and filmmaker Jørgen Leth looks back at more than 50 years of experimental filmmaking, working with artists from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier.

For the first time giving us a thorough insight into his poetic visions and sharing the stories of what became groundbreaking works. Ranging from his first portrait of legendary jazz pianist Bud Powell (Stopforbud, 1963), his pseudo-anthropological feature film (Good and Evil, 1975), and his one-of-a-kind sports documentary (A Sunday in Hell, 1976), to his iconic scene with Andy Warhol eating a hamburger (66 Scenes from America, 1982), his collaboration with fellow director Lars von Trier (The Five Obstructions, 2003), and lets us have a rare look at his film notes for his next, most personal work to date. Leth calls this documentary, ‘Gifts of Chance’, “a film school in itself.”

Camera: Jakob Solbakken

Produced, edited and directed by Kasper Bech Dyg

Colour grading: Klaus Elmer

Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2020

Supported by Nordea fonden

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