Music Video
The music video for "Earth Intruders" was directed by Michel Ocelot and is his first for Björk, or indeed anyone else. It features Björk's face floating in the background, first upside down, then upright, singing with her eyes closed. In the foreground, a large group of silhouetted tribal warriors dance in time to the music. The video features psychedelic colours and patterns imposed on an earthy backdrop. The video ends with Björk's face slowly fading into the middle of a glade, her eyes being opened just as she sings the last lyric. Ocelot stated that Björk had originally wanted Kirikou (the child-hero of Ocelot's Kirikou and the Sorceress and Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages) to be featured as a 20 year-old in the video. It was accomplished within strict time constraints through a combination of live-action, silhouette animation, 3D computer graphics, traditional animation, cut-outs and other special effects. "Kirikou" was danced by Legrand Bemba-Debert in a costume made, based on Ocelot's ideas, by paper sculptor Anne-Lise Kœhler.
An exclusive preview was shown during the "Le Grand journal" show on French TV channel Canal+ on 17 April 2007. The full video was made available in the iTunes Store on April 24, 2007. It is also viewable on Björk's official MySpace page and included in letterboxed 576p "PAL" format on both the "Earth Intruders" and "Les Trésors cachés de Michel Ocelot" DVD-Videos and in 480-line, "NTSC" format in the Voltaïc box set. It was nominated for the 2007 Q Award for Best Video.
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