Kvikmyndapod: An Icelandic Cinema Podcast

Takk fyrir

Halló!

Journey one is over, so Rob and Ellie have a quick catch up about what they've learned from, and enjoyed about, the first six films covered on the pod.

And say a big thank you to everyone has been listening!

 

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Artwork designed by Sophie Watts (justahappyspace) Thank you!

 

Music by Branches Bare Thank you!

('Half-light' from the EP 'In the Origami Folds of the Night You Rip the Seam of Sleep Wide Open)

Under The Tree (2017) aka Undir trénu

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And so on the summer solstice Rob and Ellie celebrate the final leg of their first journey through Icelandic cinema with some sun-based neighbour rage!

In the suburbs of Reykjavík, things heat up between two families as a garden tree prevents some sun-bathing.

It may not sound like much, but this is cause for some of the most outrageous drama seen this series!

Starring some familiar faces (Þorsteinn Bachmann, Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir and Sigurður Sigurjónsson), some deeply dark humour, and no snow AT ALL (!), this is Fargo levels of spiralling...

 

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('Half-light' from the EP 'In the Origami Folds of the Night You Rip the Seam of Sleep Wide Open)

Echo (2019) aka Bergmál

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This week, at the height of summer, Rob and Ellie celebrate Christmas and New Year in Iceland with Rúnar Rúnarsson's Echo!

A beguiling and emotional series of real and staged vignettes exploring the many experiences of the Icelandic festive season.

There's the oldies aqua aerobics, a New Year's birth, a particularly awkward meeting between half-sisters, beer theft, and many more scenes running the gamut of emotions and specifically Icelandic traditions.

It'll melt your heart (if the summer heat hasn't already).

 

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('Half-light' from the EP 'In the Origami Folds of the Night You Rip the Seam of Sleep Wide Open)

Jar City (2006) aka Mýrin

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For the fourth leg of their journey through Icelandic cinema, Rob and Ellie hitch a ride out of the capital with the police to investigate a murder that reveals a whole bunch of secrets closely related to the people and the history of the country.

6 years and 2 films after 101 Reykjavik, Baltasar Kormákur adapted an Icelandic crime novel by the incredibly popular Arnaldur Indriðason. Jar City is classic Scandi-noir story with a very specifically Icelandic subject at its centre.

Starring Rob's fave Ingvar E. Sigurðsson as Detective Erlendur, buckle up for a captivating and COLD thriller!

 

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('Half-light' from the EP 'In the Origami Folds of the Night You Rip the Seam of Sleep Wide Open)

Let Me Fall (2018) aka Lof mér að falla

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In the third film discussion on their Icelandic cinema journey, Rob and Ellie stay put in Reykjavík for a stunning but tough look at the lives of drug-addicted teens in the capital.

Baldvin Z's Let Me Fall takes universal modern issues and focuses on how they play out in contemporary Iceland, bringing in local stories such as the cases from the mid-2000s known as 'týndu stúlkurnar', or 'lost girls'.

With fantastic performances, a killer soundtrack featuring Hatari and a score by Ólafur Arnalds, and swoonsome visuals, this is a modern classic!

 

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('Half-light' from the EP 'In the Origami folds of the Night You Rip the Seam of Sleep Wide Open)

101 Reykjavík (2000)

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The second leg of Rob and Ellie's journey through the cinema of Iceland finds them in the capital city, for powerhouse director Baltasar Kormákur's debut film, 101 Reykjavík.

The first Icelandic film of the 21st century sets the buzzing, drunken nightlife of the capital against the wilderness and solitary life to be found in the rest of the country.

With music by Damon Albarn and a new way of approaching Icelandic stories, Everest and 2 Guns director Kormákur presents a 'cool' look at modern-day Iceland (in the year 2000!)

 

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('Half-light' from the EP 'In the Origami folds of the Night You Rip the Seam of Sleep Wide Open)

Rams (2015) aka Hrútar

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In the first film discussion on their journey through Icelandic cinema, Rob and Ellie take a look at possibly the biggest crossover hit, Grímur Hákonarson’s darkly comic drama Rams.

Expect chat about sheep, knitwear, sibling rivalry and what it means to be a farmer in 21st century Iceland. And there's a dog too!

 

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Read Rob's blog post about Rams and another Icelandic comedy, Of Horses & Men here.

 

Artwork designed by Sophie Watts (justahappyspace)

 

Music by Branches Bare

('Half-light' from the EP 'In the Origami folds of the Night You Rip the Seam of Sleep Wide Open)

An Introduction

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Welcome to Kvikmyndapod: An Icelandic Cinema Podcast.

In this short intro episode Rob and Ellie discuss their knowledge of Iceland and its films (and pronunciations!) and look forward to the upcoming series. 

 

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Artwork designed by Sophie Watts

 

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('Half-light' from the EP 'In the Origami folds of the Night You Rip the Seam of Sleep Wide Open)