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Bodysong on DVD in March

1 March 2010

An epic vision of love, sex, violence and death, Bodysong is the story of an archetypal human life told through archive footage from across the world, cut to music written and produced by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood. In Bodysong, director Simon Pummell has created an almost mythic work that is a celebration, and also an indictment, of humanity.

This is the story of our lives, told through moving images from around the world. From newsreel to home movies, from births to deaths, footage taken from across the last 100 years of cinema is cut to Jonny Greenwood's ambitious score.

Bodysong will be released on UK DVD on 22nd March 2010 by the BFI at the RRP of £19.99 with the following special features:

  • Two early shorts by Simon Pummell, Blinded by Light (2000) and How Long is a Minute? (2001);
  • Filmed interview with Simon Pummell;
  • Theatrical trailer;
  • Commentary on the score by Jonny Greenwood and Simon Pummell;
  • 32 page booklet with essays by Geoff Andrew, Matt Hansen, Gareth Evans and William Gibson.

Bodysong will also be available as a Limited Collector's Edition containing all of the above features, but instead of the 32 page booklet it will include a 200-page bound book of authoritative essays by Geoff Andrew, Matt Hansen, Gareth Evans and William Gibson, plus a wealth of information on, and stills from, each of the archive films used. The standard release contains an illustrated 32-page booklet of the above essays along with filmographies, biographies and credits. The Bodysong Limited Collector's Edition will retail at £24.99.