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The story of human life told through a montage of film clips covering a variety of aspects (birth, war, sex, marriage etc.). The film is set to a soundtrack by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood.

Product Identifiers

ProducerJanine Marmot

EAN5035673008560

eBay Product ID (ePID)79754274

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleBodysong

DirectorSimon Pummell

FormatDVD

Release Year2010

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesLimited Edition

Run Time120 Mins

GenreDocumentaries, General, Documentaries & Biographies

Additional Product Features

Certificate18

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

ReviewsUncut - Extraordinary movie... A powerful and prodigious achievement, Empire - A beautiful, hypnotic experience that will show all audiences something they have never seen before... with a beautiful and impressive score by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood

Additional InformationSimon Pummell's majestically ambitious work culls images from over 100 years of archived footage, in order to encompass the whole of human experience in his representation of the life process. Incorporating film and digital mediums, and black and white and colour photography, the film is accompanied by a remarkable score by Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood. Pummell selected images that he imagined would remain profoundly resonant even 500 years hence, depicting stages of life that humans experience universally. Arranged according to the cycle of life and development, the images are organised according to birth, growth and play, sexual discovery, nourishment, war, death, and transcendence. This stringing-together of cultural archetypes weaves a kind of updated mythology, reflecting a humanistic belief in the interconnection of all humankind. Inspiring and visually astounding, the filmmakers manage to touch upon a multitude of fundamental, existential questions with their far-reaching, all-encompassing narrative. BODYSONG was the recipient of the Best Documentary Feature Award at the British Independent Film Awards.

Movie/TV TitleBodysong

ComposerJonny Greenwood

Executive ProducerPaul Trijbits, Robin Gutch

Sound sourceDolby Digital

ScreenwriterSimon Pummell