The icelandic musicians biophilia project album, gigs, apps etc embraces the connections between music and nature, and so the live show and film. We recently caught a screening of the film at the bfi london film festival and highly recommend seeing the film, even if you went to one of the biophilia live performances. A caricature of bjork already exists in which she bounces, pixielike, through the world, cooing hello trees. A new film captures the beauty biophilia, bjorks groundbreaking. Biophilia live at the bfi london film festival, alongside directors peter strickland and nick fenton. Recorded live at bjork s show at london s alexandra palace in 20, the film features bjork and her band performing every song on biophilia a. The film features bjork performing tracks from her biophilia tour at alexandra palace in london. Biophilia live is the sonic gala at the 58th bfi london film. Bringing along a camera crew, the results were merged into the bjork. It had a theatrical premiere at the tribeca film festival on 26 april 2014 with screenings across the world throughout the same year.
The 58th bfi london film festival in partnership with american express is thrilled to reveal that bjork. Watch bjork perform hidden place as part of her biophilia. On a superficial level, biophilia live doesnt do much to change that, capturing as it does the concert version of her 2011 concept album, devoted as the name suggests to hymning the wonder and beauty of the natural world and cosmos. Bjork s biophilia film hits bfi london film festival. It was filmed at alexandra palace in london on 3 september 20, and had a theatrical premiere at the tribeca film festival on 26 april 2014 with screenings. Bjork to present biophilia live concert film at london. The midsection of biophilia is pretty forbidding, too. The tour was centered on her multimedia project and studio album biophilia 2011.
In this live recording of a concert at alexandra palace in london on september 3, 20, bjork performs the entire album accompanied by the icelandic female choir and a. Biophilia live will be presented as the sonic gala at this years festival. The concert film was released on cd, 3xlp, dvd and bluray on 25 november 2014. Bjork is bjork, she always was and always will be a great and unique artist. The visual effects were great, her voice deep and clean as usual and the presence of a great and well coordinated choir. The film will return to the city where it was recorded last year icelandic pop sensation bjork is set to attend this years bfi london film festival with her concert film biophilia live, it was.
Licensed to youtube by the orchard music on behalf of one little indian. The film, recorded at london s alexandra palace in sep. Biophilia live is a concert film by nick fenton and peter strickland that captures the human element of bjorks multidisciplinary multimedia project. Biophilia live is a concert film by nick fenton and peter strickland that captures the human element of bjork s multidisciplinary multimedia project. The movie captures a concert at london s alexandra palace circa the titular 2011 album. Biophilia live and other music films at the london film. Recorded at londons alexandra palace in september 20 and. Hollow, for one, is a trollhunting soundtrack rich with horror film organ sounds, demonic choir and an irruption of hard dancefloor digitals. Set to receive a full screening as part of the bfi london. The imitation game will open the 58th bfi london film festival. Shot at the icelandic singers london concert last september. Following on from last years acclaimed cornucopia theatrical tour.
Contains a 2014 concert film directed and edited by peter strickland and nick fenton. This live concert film, filmed by peter strickland and nick fenton in london in 20, derives from the giant collaboration between app developers, scientists, instrument makers and. Biophilia live is a concert film by nick fenton and peter strickland that. Biophilia live at the bfi london film festival, alongside directors peter strickland and nick fenton the film will play on oct. Recorded live at bjorks show at london s alexandra palace in 20, the film features bjork and her band performing every song on biophilia and more using a broad variety of instruments some digital, some traditional, and some completely unclassifiable. Biophilia live is at odeon west end on thu oct 9, 6pm, and curzon soho on fri oct 10, 9pm.
Biophilia live and other music films at the london film festival. Bjorks biophilia film hits bfi london film festival. On 7 october 2014, bjork skipped the british premiere at the bfi london film festival because she was busy working on her follow up to biophilia, 2015s critically acclaimed vulnicura. Bjorks biophilia film hits bfi london film festival news clash. Biophilia live the singer will attend the sonic gala screening of her concert film on october 9 at london. Not just a concert film but a record of bjorks groundbreaking biophilia project, which reached its climax with a ravishing show at alexandra palace.
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