Listeners, are you in the mood for some folk horror? Some folk horror with Bjork? Some, if you will, fjork horror? If so, do we have the podcast for you, as Aidan F rejoins the podcast to discuss this early entry in the Icelandic maverick’s small but impeccably on-brand screen canon. Along the way, we discuss her collaborations with Robert Eggers, Matthew Barney, Peter Strickland and David Attenborough, as well as naming our favourite Bjork records.
None of this, quite rightly, overshadows the film itself, a strange, Bergmanesque drama inspired by – though not quite adapted from – a Brothers Grimm story. We salute its offbeat director Nietzchka Keene, and the equally offbeat plot summaries of her films, and delve into the history of Bjork. Includes Graham making lots of heavy weather about the difference between her debut album and her album Debut, a joke which never really gets any funnier!
We’d have a very Grimm future if it wasn’t for our backers, and as a thank-you, we give you a bonus episode of this show every month – the next one, about Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You, is out tomorrow! Backers will also get exclusive reviews of Asian cinema from Rob, Graham’s twice-weekly Doctor Who reviews and more. Find out more on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
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Episode 81: Bjork in the Juniper Tree
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