from www.bjork.com.



MEDÚLLA
2 disc DVD edition

Björk will be releasing a special DVD edition of her recent album, the critically acclaimed, million-selling and Grammy nominated album “Medúlla”. Featuring a documentary filmed through the recording of the album, all the incredible videos filmed for the album and the whole album audio in 5.1 surround sound.

DISC 1

• Oceania Directed by Lynn Fox
First seen as the backdrop to Björk’s performance at the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, this is an incredible animated film that features Björk rendered in crystal form.

• Who Is It Directed by Dawn Shadforth
The Southern Coast of Iceland’s lava beaches provide a setting that is strangely
familiar, yet at the same time, seemingly out of this world. Against this dramatic
backdrop Björk gives a mesmerizing performance wearing an Alexander McQueen dress covered in tiny bells and weighed an incredible 50kg.

• Triumph of a Heart Directed by Spike Jonze
Björk collaborates with director Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) on a love story between woman and cat that involves big emotions and big drinks. Features a hilarious bar room scene where an eclectic cast of friends, artists and the Japanese acapela wonder Dokaka re-create the track with bonus yodeling.

• Desired Constellation Directed by Lynn Fox
An astonishing animated film shot specially for Björk’s 2003 World Tour. The never before released film was edited to a demo version of the song and projected as a backdrop to the live performance. Fortunately the arrangement remained the same and is now being seen for the first time with the album version of the song.

• Where Is The Line Directed by Gabriela Fridriksdottir
The last of the series to be completed was directed by friend and collaborator Gabriela Fridriksdottir who previously created the artwork adorning Björk’s Greatest Hits and Family Tree collection. This film will appear in a slightly different form, without the audio, at the 2005 Venice Biennale as part of a trilogy directed by Gabriela.

• Triumph of a Heart: Stories behind the Music Video Directed by: Ragnheidur Gestdottir
A behind the scenes documentary on the making of the Spike Jonze video for “Triumph Of A Heart”.

DISC 2

• The Inner Or Deep Part Of An Animal Or Plant Structure
An intimate behind the scenes documentary that gives a unique insight into the making of Medúlla the new album by Björk. Filmed over the course of a year as Björk recorded in New York, London, Reykjavik, the Canary Islands and Salvador, Brazil, the film gives a detailed portrait of the creative process behind the recording of Björk’s most daring album to date. The documentary captures some of the raw improvised performances of Björk and her collaborators as they put together a remarkable album that uses only human voices for instruments.…

• The entire Medulla album in surround sound. PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital and DTS versions play on all DVD players, but when the disc is used in a DVD Audio compatible player, advanced resolution stereo and 5.1 options are also available.
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GangstaFam said:

hmmm, that isn't how i remember it at all. i watched it on her website, and i don't recall her being made out of crystal. it was very screen-saver-ish, a la Hidden Place (though there was more going on).

Tessa said:

You were probably distracted by the school of fish, oogling background voices.

GangstaFam said:

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Tessa said:

I wanna know what you said pre-edit!

GangstaFam said:

i spelled it "fishlap"

Tessa said:

Oh.

GangstaFam said:

looking to get your prostate massaged? tell me, or ?
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Tessa said:

How bout ?

GangstaFam said:

now you're speaking my language.....

Tessa said:

So anyway, yeah. Ian was right about the at least honorary next single, "Where Is The Line?". And we were both right about what should be released as singles: Oceania, Desired Constellation, Who Is It, Triumph of a Heart, and Mouth's Cradle. Even though she hasn't done much to promote this album, I think she made the right choices with it.

GangstaFam said:

those being the only actual fully-formed songs on the album, they have to be the right choices. but yeah, i actually like those. looks like a good package.

Tessa said:

Well, they're not the only ones. They're the ones with beats or instruments of some sort, i.e. piano, synth, whatever. I'd say Vokuro is a fully formed song, it's just in Icelandic. And as strange as Submarine is it's also fully realized. Sonnets/Unrealities too although it's on the short side. Oh and Pleasure is All Mine has beats too. The only ones to me that seem like interludes or experiments to me are Show Me Forgiveness, Oll Birtan, Ancestors and Midvikudags. I think they showcase the versatility of the style she was going for, but I also think they're part of the reason this album's been so inaccessable for some people.

GangstaFam said:

agree.

Tessa said:

I am so glad I waited with buying the CD!

Hehehe.

HamsterHuey said:

So are you saying you'll get this?

GangstaFam said:

I will. I will buy it.


Ooooh, horrid word.

HamsterHuey said:

Bjork can make me spend money in a heartbeat. She's the only one that I still buy all of the singles.

GangstaFam said:

I need a better paying job.

HamsterHuey said:

Hey, at least you got that computer.

GangstaFam said:

all 3 harddrives piling out with music

HamsterHuey said:

Time to start burning backups.

GangstaFam said:

Thing is, I want all my music on there cuz I love that jukebox so much

HamsterHuey said:

One word:

Crash!

GangstaFam said:

Naaaa. I keep space on there...

I burn SOME. Have to. But I need an external hard disc. I WANT TO PLAY!

I must admit, when I saw this thread topic I was all

Bjork just seems out of control with official releases. On one hand it's nice as it eliminates the need to search for bootlegs. On the other hand she releases so many DVDs/compilations/box sets that I no longer can bother to keep up.

But, reading what is ON this set, I think it'll be worth picking up. Cool-e-oh!

endorphin74 said:

She does release a whole lot of stuff! How many DVDs does she have out? And what was with the live albums for every recent album she's released (except "Selmasongs")? It's a bit intimidating....now buy it or she'll do to you what she did to that reporter a few years ago!

VinnyM27 said:

I'm not that a big a Björk fan (I only have the studio albums and the Volumen DVD) so all those extra releases seem like overkill to me, but man, if Prince released the equivalent to what Björk has, I would lap it all up in one hot minute.

sextonseven said:

I bought "Volumen" on video RIGHT BEFORE the age of DVDs (same with Janet's live "TVR").