Bodysong
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| Directed by | Simon Pummell |
| Produced by | Janine Marmot |
| Written by | Simon Pummell |
| Music by | Jonny Greenwood |
| Edited by | Daniel Goddard |
| Distributed by | FilmFour UK Film Council |
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78 Minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | None |
Synopsis
The film tells the story of an archetypal human life using images taken from all around the world and the last 100 years of cinema.The images span the microcosm (inside the body), through the individual (the first cry of a new-born baby), to the macrocosm (accumulated archive footage of ritual celebration and the carnage of war).
The editing, music, and the mythic narrative arc of the material is designed to take the viewer on a roller coaster tour of the human body and life cycle. Every possible depiction of the human life from microscopic medical to portraits and newsreels, from births to deaths, are cut to a music track by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead to create a mythic narrative of the arc of a single life.
Hollywood director Paul Thomas Anderson saw the film at its Rotterdam Festival premiere: "I remember seeing bodysong and feeling like I was in a trance. A wonderful collection of the two simple things a film has to work with: pictures and music. It's a moving, scary and hypnotic potpourri of images and an experience that gets more lucid the more you watch ...The website, which is 50% of the experience is a testament to the strong, caring research and a dedication to wonderful material."[1]
Release
The film was released by Pathé in 2003 with a limited collector's edition released on DVD by the BFI in 2010, which included original essays by William Gibson, Geoff Andrew, Gareth Evans and Matt Hanson.Awards
The film won a BAFTA Interactive Award in 2004 and Best British Documentary at the British Independent Film Award in 2003.References
External links
- Bodysong at the Internet Movie Database
- Bodysong at AllMovie
- Bodysong at Rotten Tomatoes
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Movie Info
Simon Pummell's unique documentary Bodysong uses a collage of images to
present a portrait of life from the moment the sperm pierces the egg
until death. Home movies, famous film images, and other sources have
been tapped to supply the materials. The f...more
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Genre: | Documentary, Musical & Performing Arts, Special Interest |
| Directed By: | Simon Pummell |
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