The Five Obstructions is a beautiful example of how constraints - counterintuitively - make creativity easier not harder.
Lars Von Trier challenges Jørgen Leth to remake his classic short ‘The Perfect Human’ five times under increasingly ridiculous constraints.
Really worth a watch.
Thanks but one of my constraints is to never watch another Lars Von Trier movie.
It’s not really his movie. He is cast intentionally as the biggest asshole they can find who will make difficult obstructions - he does a good job.