Reykjavík Grapevine - 07.04.2006, Qupperneq 48

Stuffed with stuff
REYKJAVÍK´S
ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER
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ISSUE FOUR: APR 7 - MAY 5
“There has long been
this tendency in Icelan-
dic society to want to
sweep uncomfortable
issues under the carpet,
even though everyone
knew they were there.
For instance, you might
have a weird uncle that
you think hangs out with
kids a little bit too much,
but no one wants to say
anything.”
Marteinn Þórsson, of Kompás news
magazine.
Page 6.
“They’ve been taking
care of the security of
our country for a long
time now, so that will be
missed, not to mention
the services and the jobs
they’ve provided.”
Independence Party MP Guðjón Hjör-
leifsson on what he’ll miss about the
Keflavík NATO base.
Page 12. 
“The movie is going to
be about young people,
about life, about danger-
ous, extreme moments…
But it will not be just
about guys and gangs,
like Svolochi or Brigada
… I have an idea about
the opening scene: a girl
opens her eyes and real-
ises that she’s alive.”
Yulia Volkova of t.A.T.u. on the future
of Russian cinema.
Page 38.

“We really need women
here. We have been re-
duced to sharing them,”
Young man from Egilsstaðir on the
effects that importing large numbers of
manual labourers have had on the dating
scene in Northeastern Iceland.
Page 42.
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