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Björk: Biophilia Live

Björk: Biophilia Live

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  • United Kingdom
  • 2014
  • · 97m

Directors Peter Strickland, Nick Fenton
Cast Björk, David Attenborough
Genre Documentary, Music

Icelandic musician Björk brings to life her multi-disciplinary, multimedia project Biophilia in a live performance at London's Alexandra Palace in 2013. She uses traditional and digital instruments to perform songs from her eighth album of the same name.

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80

Variety by Guy Lodge

Bjork’s charm has always hinged on her ability to be guileless and unknowable at once; “Biophilia Live” is no exception.

75

Slant Magazine by Eric Henderson

You can't help but be impressed by how much it represents a natural, even defensive evolutionary step on its creator's part.

70

Los Angeles Times by Sheri Linden

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.

70

The New York Times by Nicolas Rapold

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.

70

The Hollywood Reporter by Stephen Dalton

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.

50

Village Voice

The visual tricks lose their potency before the halfway mark, leaving the energy of Biophilia Live to rise and fall with the music.

50

Village Voice by Ian S. Port

The visual tricks lose their potency before the halfway mark, leaving the energy of Biophilia Live to rise and fall with the music.