Bodysong - Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)

The trailer for 'Bodysong' - Director-Simon Pumnel, Music-Jonny Greenwood
Year- 2002
Length- 83 mins


This movie tells the story of the archetypal human life using images taken from the last 100 years of cinema and from all around the world. Images span from those inside the body - moment of conception - charting the beginnings of the individual - the first cry of the newborn baby - then starts to capture humanity as a collective and certain aspects it, shown through acculumated footage of ritual celebration and the carnage of war.
The editing, music, and the 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 powerful music track by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead to create a powerful and highly emotional film, with peaks of ecstasy and troughs of despair.
The power of this film comes from the huge number of different faces, people, each body and each glimpse at anatomy. All are dignified and placed together in such a way that they are part of a flowing motion - a wave of humanity that makes us realise how big and important it really is.

The film is supported by a highly innovative website www.bodysong.com (click on the bodysong link on the c4 page). It uses a 3D interface to create an interactive website that allows users to truely engage with it and in turn the film. It allows the user to explore each and evry one of the images used in the film and discover the story behind. It's actually a clever piece of marketing for the film as it would generate much interest.