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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Welcome Addition to the DVD Video Archive ..., 30 Dec 2002
More than welcome is really the answer, as finally "Volumen", Bjork's first video collection containing her first fourteen (!) videos from 1993 to 1998, gets an update! Though there is also "Volumen 2" to get your mitts on (which sports twenty-one visual marvels for your optic receptors!), Bjork and her team have thought ahead for those who bought "Volumen" in its original incarnation (which sold over 500,000 copies in America alone) and have offered the bigger fan with a cheaper package of her last seven videos, including two previously unreleased on the DVD format. Owners of the DVD singles of "All Is Full Of Love", "Hidden Place", "Pagan Poetry", "Cocoon" and "It's In Our Hands" may feel a bit ripped off by the lack of new material, but being able to watch all seven continuously is a bitesize joy! And, when it comes to videos, Bjork has an incredible ability to consistently deliver."Alarm Call", the lost video that found its way solely on a rare Japanese edition of the original "Volumen", kicks things off colourfully before seguing into the "Vespertine" videos ... "All Is Full Of Love" (which Bjork considers as 'the first song of "Vespertine"') is a video of such visual virtuosity you cannot rip your eyeballs away; even non-fans of Bjork remain impressed at this shimmering piece of art by Chris Cunningham, this being his first serious video after the gimmicky pastiches he composed for Aphex Twin. The next three all complement their songs perfectly; "Hidden Place" is just as hypnotic as its soundtrack as "Pagan Poetry" is painfully erotic and "Cocoon" is embarrassingly intimate, and all are beautifully created. The best are saved for last though, firstly with Bjork's second adventure with Spike Jonze for "It's In Our Hands", an adorably low-key video that always surprises on each viewing, with its pregnant chanteuse making her way through a huge forest filled with gargantuan insects, frogs and fish. Fans have already earmarked it as the continuation of the "Human Behaviour"-"Isobel"-"Bachelorette" series, which only enhances its status even more. And then there's "Nature Is Ancient" ... though Bjork isn't in it, this outdoes "All" for sheer balls and ingenuity, as single-celled organisms dance around to concieve a baby Bjork in a lovingly rendered haven. Like the collection itself: outstanding!
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