Music: Björk, Medulla Special Edition

Artist: Björk
Type: DVD
Release date: 2005
Run time: 145:33
My Rating: 7

Picture Ratio: Widescreen, for the most part
Extras: Triumph of a Heart - Stories behind the music video, The Making of Medulla
Audio Options: Dolby Stereo, Dolby 5.1, DTS 5.1

Disc 1 (94:53)

Pleasure is All Mine (3:26)
Show Me Forgiveness (1:23)
Where is the Line (4:41)
Vökuró (3:14)
Öll Birtan (1:52)
Who is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right) (3:57)
Submarine (3:13)
Desired Constellation (4:55)
Oceania (3:24)
Sonnets/Unrealities XI (1:59)
Ancestors (4:08)
Mouth's Cradle (3:59)
Midvikudags (1:24)
Triumph of a Heart (4:04)

Disc 2 (50:40)

Oceania (3:29)
Who is it (3:54)
Triumph of a Heart (5:24)
Desired Constellation (4:53)
Where is the line (4:38)

Comments

For some reason, the content as listed on the back of the case is reversed - everything listed as being on disk one is actually on disk two, and vice versa.

Disk one contains the whole album in 5.1 stereo (unfortunately I don't have a 5.1 system, so I haven't had the chance to check this out) and a 50-minute "making of". The album itself starts playing as soon as you put the DVD in, and for some reason my player can't access the menu system, so I have to skip to the end of the album to watch the documentary. Annoying, but I can live with it. A lot of the interviews in the doco are in Icelandic, so subtitles are your friend (unless you can understand it).

Disk two has five music videos, plus a "Making of" for "Triumph of a Heart". The video for Triumph is pretty weird and features Björk married to a cat. They must have found the most well-behaved cat ever to make that video. "Where is the Line" has to be about the most disturbing Björk vid ever though. Covered in a layer of mini-sacks and standing in a barn, Björk gives birth to a person covered in white stuff who writhes around and spews some sort of globby matter. And there are exploding hay bales and grass-wookies, and Björk wobbling around happily in the middle or it. I wish there was a commentary or extra in which they gave some explanation as to what it means, 'cause I'm seriously stumped. The half-hour documentary is interesting, giving insight into the Triumph video, and featuring Spike Jonze pretending to be someone else.

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No, seriously, WTF?


	Music Medulla Special Edition Artist: Björk Type: DVD Release date: 2005 Run time: 145:33 My Rating: 7 Picture Ratio: Widescreen, for the most part Extras: Triumph of a Heart - Stories behind the music video, The Making of Medulla Audio Options: Dolby Stereo, Dolby 5.1, DTS 5.1 Disc 1 (94:53) Pleasure is All Mine (3:26) Show Me Forgiveness (1:23) Where is the Line (4:41) Vökuró (3:14) Öll Birtan (1:52) Who is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right) (3:57) Submarine (3:13) Desired Constellation (4:55) Oceania (3:24) Sonnets/Unrealities XI (1:59) Ancestors (4:08) Mouth's Cradle (3:59) Midvikudags (1:24) Triumph of a Heart (4:04) Disc 2 (50:40) Oceania (3:29) Who is it (3:54) Triumph of a Heart (5:24) Desired Constellation (4:53) Where is the line (4:38) Comments For some reason, the content as listed on the back of the case is reversed - everything listed as being on disk one is actually on disk two, and vice versa. Disk one contains the whole album in 5.1 stereo (unfortunately I don't have a 5.1 system, so I haven't had the chance to check this out) and a 50-minute "making of". The album itself starts playing as soon as you put the DVD in, and for some reason my player can't access the menu system, so I have to skip to the end of the album to watch the documentary. Annoying, but I can live with it. A lot of the interviews in the doco are in Icelandic, so subtitles are your friend (unless you can understand it). Disk two has five music videos, plus a "Making of" for "Triumph of a Heart". The video for Triumph is pretty weird and features Björk married to a cat. They must have found the most well-behaved cat ever to make that video. "Where is the Line" has to be about the most disturbing Björk vid ever though. Covered in a layer of mini-sacks and standing in a barn, Björk gives birth to a person covered in white stuff who writhes around and spews some sort of globby matter. And there are exploding hay bales and grass-wookies, and Björk wobbling around happily in the middle or it. I wish there was a commentary or extra in which they gave some explanation as to what it means, 'cause I'm seriously stumped. The half-hour documentary is interesting, giving insight into the Triumph video, and featuring Spike Jonze pretending to be someone else. No, seriously, WTF?
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