Reykjavík Grapevine - 07.01.2006, Síða 23
It’s free! Grapevine in Your pocket, issue no 15, 2005 Your Inside Guide to Reykjavík
This winter, Iceland has its pride up on the big screen in
Baltasar Kormákur’s Little Trip to Heaven. Celebrated by
Fréttablaðið journalist, and former Grapevine editor, Valur
Gunnarsson as a movie that places Kormákur “between Mamet
and Lynch,” the movie has garnered more enthusiasm about
local film than anything since Nói Albinói, the Dagur Kári
movie whose style seems to inform Little Trip.
A review of Little Trip will appear in the Grapevine’s
February edition, but for right now, we can reveal that the
Icelandic papers agree that the film is exceptional, and Icelandic
audiences are receiving the film warmly, with 8,000 people
paying the 1,000 ISK ticket price—local films have an added
surcharge. We must also point out that Mugison, given the
opportunity to do a soundtrack and score the film, demonstrates
a true talent for blending his skills with the silver screen.
If you don’t want to see the small, local production of the
day, you can see its polar opposite, the big screen epic King
Kong, which has been the most popular film in Iceland as of
print time. If you need more of a sales pitch: in Little Trip, you
might be able to recognise parts of Reykjavík and southwestern
Iceland disguised as Minnesota; in King Kong, you can be
assured that Iceland will likely not cross your mind.
By Bart Cameron
small Piece of Iceland on the Screen:
Little Trip to Heaven
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