WithfilmslikeDetperfektemenneskeandDetgodeogdetondeinmindtheconsistentblackandwhiteportraitfilmJegerlevendegivestheimpressionthatSørenUlrikThomsenhasbeeninvitedintoLeth'sfilmicuniverse,whichconverselyallowsroomforthepoet'swords.Thomsengivesanaccountofbriefmemoriesofchildhoodinadeliberately"staged"fashion,butmoreparticularlyofhisexperienceofwritingandontheartofreadingaloud,andlikewisedescribingpoetryingeneralasabalancebetweenemotionandcognition.Healsoreadssomeofhisworkaloud.ThereadingstakeplaceintheemptywhitespaceofthefilmstudiowhereastherestofthefootageofThomsenwasshotinhisflat,whichthecamerastudiesinaseriesofshotsasapeculiar,privateworld.Particularlynotablearethepoet'stearitual,describedincalmclose-ups,accompaniedbyRandallMeyer'smusic(recycledfromMichaelLaudrup-enfodboldspiller).