Heima - Sigur Ros Movie
Written By JoeLencioni on Aug. 28, 2007.
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Is it just me, or does this look awesome?
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Is it just me, or does this look awesome?
hthth
Written Aug. 28, 2007 / Report /
Looks pretty good! Awesome scenery in that trailer.
peroty
Written Aug. 28, 2007 / Report /
OMG! I found that yesterday and watched it about a dozen times! It looks absolutely amazing! :)
rickcurran
Written Aug. 28, 2007 / Report /
Yep, can't wait to check that out.
Ollie
Written Aug. 28, 2007 / Report /
Thanks for sharing jlencion, that looks amazing. hthth, is that pretty much Iceland? If it is, you live in an incredible place.
estarla
Written Aug. 28, 2007 / Report /
I'm really looking forward to this. :) I got Takk... on whenever I'm in one of my mellow moods.
JoeLencioni
Written Aug. 29, 2007 / Report /
estarla, if you've only listened to Takk... you should really check out ( ) and Ágætis Byrjun. They are both incredible.
Saw them live a while back. Unfortunately I was up in nosebleed, but it was an excellent show.
hthth
Written Oct. 5, 2007 / Report /
An answer long time in the making: Well, kind of. These are mostly the rural parts — the countryside, mixed with abandoned farms for artistic value :) But yeah, most of the countryside is like that.
I'm going to see Heima this Saturday. Started showing last weekend at the Reykjavik Film Festival. Look forward to it.
JoeLencioni
Written Oct. 5, 2007 / Report /
@hthth: you'll have to let us know what you think of it this weekend. I'm looking forward to your review. :D
estarla
Written Oct. 5, 2007 / Report /
@Joe: I'm on it. :)
@hthth: You do have to let us in on what you thought of it!
hthth
Written Oct. 5, 2007 / Report /
@Joe, estarla
Will do :)
hthth
Written Oct. 7, 2007 / Report /
Saw the movie this weekend. Basically we follow the band through several concerts they held unnanounced and free of charge while traveling the Icelandic countryside.
Most of the movie are clips from these concerts, with short interviews in between. This doesn't make me a perfect candidate for reviewal because I generally don't like/watch music videos nor concert recordings. However, I found this one remarkably entertaining and if you're into movies like that (& Sigur Rós), you'll most definitely enjoy it.
Obviously there are some awesome landscape shots (as notable in the trailer) — and coupled with Sigur Rós' music it's all the more powerful and strange to watch.
During the entire length of the movie, there was a word/concept that I continually felt the presence of: Personality. Everything projects a strong or strange character — the landscape, the music, the musicians and their audience. Even though I live in- and know Iceland, there was a mood imbued that I felt gave me a fresh perspective on familiar things.
All in all, I think it was a well worth my time and recommend you see it. (But you better have a highres screen with a good sound system to get the full impact!)
Edit: By the way, their finale concert in Reykjavik had a f***ng awesome stage design. I didn't go when they held it, but don't remember why.
coolbox
Written Oct. 7, 2007 / Report /
I watched the trailer to this. It looks soooooo beautiful i was in shock. I hadnt pictured Iceland to be so lush in scenary. It looks absolutely amazing. I think this is going straight onto my Amazon wanted list.
JoeLencioni
Written Oct. 9, 2007 / Report /
@hthth: thanks for the review. It sounds awesome. I can't wait.
Does anyone know when/if it will be in theaters in the US? Or when it comes to video tape?
JoeLencioni
Written Mar. 9, 2008 / Report /
Apparently Sigur Ros have posted the entire movie to YouTube if anybody is interested in watching it.
Jaybot
Written Mar. 11, 2008 / Report /
Wow - I've never heard of this before! Thanks! I love them, they're truly are wonderful and I will be sure to check this out.
peroty
Written Mar. 11, 2008 / Report /
I watched Heima on my projector with the surround sound in full effect and it's absolutely breath-takingly beautiful. I loved every second of it. :)
I love Sigur Ros and hearing them in rich surround sound on 100" was marvelous. :)