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- 2014
- Not Rated
- Cinema Purgatorio
- 1 h 37 m
- 2014
- Not Rated
- Cinema Purgatorio
- 1 h 37 m
Summary Icelandic artist, Björk, performs songs from her eighth album with evocative visuals provided by designers from around the world.
Directed By: Peter Strickland
- 2014
- Not Rated
- Cinema Purgatorio
- 1 h 37 m
- 2014
- Not Rated
- Cinema Purgatorio
- 1 h 37 m
Björk: Biophilia Live
67
7.9
Summary Icelandic artist, Björk, performs songs from her eighth album with evocative visuals provided by designers from around the world.
Directed By: Peter Strickland
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
5 Reviews
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17% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
67
83% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Bjork’s charm has always hinged on her ability to be guileless and unknowable at once; “Biophilia Live” is no exception.
You can't help but be impressed by how much it represents a natural, even defensive evolutionary step on its creator's part.
For all their layered complexity, the songs can slip into a musical and rhetorical sameness. But the concert's aesthetic power is undeniable. The swirl of sound and motion burns with a bright intensity, not unlike like the onstage Tesla coils that have been reconfigured as instruments.
As skillful an orchestrator as Björk is, her crescendos and tightly designed wilderness can lose their strength with repetition. But she and her collaborators do make a pretty singing picture with their chosen audiovisual tool set.
Strickland and Fenton bring an extra layer of visual invention, smartly expanding on the show's pre-existing video elements and adding their own bespoke cinematic touches.
The visual tricks lose their potency before the halfway mark, leaving the energy of Biophilia Live to rise and fall with the music.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 User Ratings
7.9
81% Positive
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0% Mixed
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19% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 User Ratings
7.9
81% Positive
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
0% Mixed
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
19% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
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Release Date Sep 26, 2014
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website
http://www.biophiliathefilm.com/
Awards
New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland
• 1 Nomination