Year: 2025 Director: Ísold Uggadóttir
Well, it’s not often that I see a film, let alone see it the day after its release. Fair play to the Curzon in little old Knutsford for putting it on so soon.
Baldly, this is a film of a 2023 gig in Lisbon, part of the Björk Orchestral Tour, which spanned several years, following release from worldwide touring restrictions. The opening credits give a statement of intent, of the desire to create an immersive experience within (relatively) small venues. Dive in! For that immersion is there from the off. Literally spectacular projections envelop with colour rich, your body resonating with the sound. This is a film for seeing on the big screen. Indeed, it takes a while before the realisation comes that this really was before a live audience.
Welcome to Björkworld, for it is a unique habitat. Forms morph; humanoid, flesh, fish, fungi. The imagery of the cover of her ’22 album, Fossora, provides the starting point for the projections, and this is a Sensual World. Hearing this particular sequence of her songs, brings home the sensuality, delivery lingering on key words; it had never struck me before just how many body » Continue Reading.