Reykjavík Grapevine - 28.05.2004, Qupperneq 4

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The League of extraordinary gentelmen
I read somewere you never spend it badly with Sean
Connery, true?
A board of seven agains a conspirator, supported by
special powres: a vampire, Dr Jackill, Dorian Gray, The
invisible man...
A mixture of legebd and modern mithology for a novel
set worlwide, amazing scenarios and interiors, the right
dosage of special effect and wonder machine back in
time.
The movie flow up and down between humor and thrill
action and suspance.
Nice adventure, would°not say a masterpiece, would not
say i did not enjoy, did you?
(sic, sic and sic)
Augusto Parolini
If brevity is indeed the essence of wit, then this must count as
one of the greatest ever movie reviews. He captures perfectly
the style of the film, moving back and forth between the
mythological and the nonsensical, even leaving room for the
reader to come to his own conclusion. Many thanks, Augusto.
Sorry to say all positions have been filled, but we wish you
lots of luck on your writing career.
“There are no letters in the mailbox/There are no grapes upon
your vine” quoth Cohen. Things have been slow on the letters
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Ah, getting your PhD as well as a whale-sized penis while
doing nothing but smoking cheap cigarettes and watching free
porn. If only it were true. But the Internet is used not only by
pornographers and cigarette salespeople. Whale protectionists
have also gone online to save their animal of choice. Here´s a
brief excerpt from a letter sent to our graphics designer (trans-
lation by Grapevine):
Dear recipient
I assume that it is rather unusual for you to receive let-
ters of this nature, but I nonetheless hope you will give
yourself time to read what is written herein…
I like traveling very much and have heard about the
unique nature of Iceland…On the other hand I cannot
come to Iceland…I want to come to Iceland to experi-
ence the nature of the country but not see it destroyed.
Last year whale watching in Iceland created 1,6 billion
krónur in revenue in the year 2002 and the travel indus-
try as a whole created 37 billion in revenue that same
year. Last year the value of whale products was around
100 million krónur, assuming all whale meat was sold.
I am a member of Greenpeace and here in Germany
there are around 500.000 registered members. This letter
is sent to you personally from Greenpeace members such
as me to regular Icelanders such as you to explain our
views in a personal and more human way than can be
done through advertising and television debates. Your
name and address was on a list that was retreived from
the National Register of Iceland.
So, is Greenpeace right? Will whaling kill of tourism in
Iceland? Or won´t it have an impact at all? The Greenpeace
ship Esperanza is expected here in June to open up further
debate. Will Icelanders listen? Is Greenpeace right to contact
residents individually? Feel free to comment about this or
anything else at:
letters@grapevine.is
We put out ads for writers in the months leading up to the first issue of the season, and got responses
from many talented individuals, including a New Yawker who´s run the gamut of shit jobs in Iceland,
a tweed cap wearing Tom Waits fan, and a fire-dancing vegetarian from England. We look forward
to printing more articles by them in the following issues. Then there´s this, which we could not resist the
temptation to print right away:
DIAMONDS IN THE MINE
WULFFMORGENTHALER
LETTERS
see more at www.wulffmorgenthaler.com