Artist: Bjork
Director: Chris Cunningham
This controversial video clip displays the affection between two female robots. As with great works, the opinions are always divided into two contradictory sides: those who admire it, and those who don't. The later are repulsed by the impression of lesbian sex in this work and find it as cheap trickery of using sex to gain attention.
But if we consider the artist herself, Bjork, a figure who is quite controversial herself, this video clip somehow suits her perfectly. Her vocal, her music, are anything but common.
Observing the lyrics in this song, it is all about love. It's a weird love song, with slow tempo and beautiful composition. The visual blends perfectly with the concept of the song, in terms that it virtually speaks about universality in love. As quoted in the lyric "you'll be given love, you just have to trust it." By using robots character, Chris Cunningham delivers the message that love can be found anywhere (even in a cold being such as robot), if only we are able to trust it.
The high quality of craftsmanship resulted in mesmerizing visual, as always with Cunningham's work. Slow movement all through the clip flows nicely with the beat and the enunciation of lyrics. The cut in editing is timed to the beat, the visual effect is very smooth, and the angles are beautiful.
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