Reykjavík Grapevine - 04.05.2012, Page 44
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“However, when Gillz tells you you’re
disgusting you just think, “yeaaaah right,
a beefy Páll Óskar is trying to intimidate
me...” He didn’t manage to portray a
volatile psycho more realistically than
that, unfortunately.”
Is Black’s Game a realistic depiction of Ice-
land’s underworld? We get a knowledgeable
team to tell us…
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“This year we have more films, from
more countries, and many more inter-
national guests visiting in order repre-
sent their films or discuss distribution
methods”
Director Heather Millard tells us what
to expect at the tenth annual Reykjavík
Shorts&Docs Festival
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“The average Icelander consumes 8.3
kilograms of coffee beans per year,
which makes them the world’s fourth
largest coffee consumers per capita.”
Icelanders sure do like their coffee.
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“Icelanders aspired to drive American
cars, the only television station in the
country was run by the US military, their
radio stations pumped out Elvis Presley
to rock hungry Icelandic youth. By com-
parison, the only Icelandic radio station
allowed to operate at the time, which
was state-run, only seemed to feature
symphonies, folklore and long weather
reports.”
Egill Helgason explores Iceland’s relationship
with the outside world…
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“There are women and men, young and
old, big and small. There are stretch-
marks, spare tyres, todgers, a few
flabby bellies and skinny legs, as well
as gooseflesh. The goose bumps are an
integral part of the scenery as the pho-
tos in the book aren’t all cosy summer
pictures; some were taken with snow on
the ground and enough of it to give you
a chill just looking at the wind whipping
up the Kleifarvatn wave tops.”
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