Atlantica - 01.03.2004, Blaðsíða 10

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You’re sitting at home, minding your own business, when you get the knock on the
door. It’s none other than a man dressed in a suit, selling the Word of God straight out
of the Good Book itself.
Depending upon what type of snacks you have in your refrigerator, you might be
inclined to let the papyrus-thumper in, or politely say, “No thank you.”
What’s a papyrus-thumper? Let me explain.
Our earliest books were written on rolls of papyrus, a writing material made from the
pith of the papyrus plant (note the terrific alliteration). The Greek word for papyrus
was ‘biblos’, derived from the Phoenician city ‘byblos’. The origin of the word Bible is
Middle English, from the Greek ‘biblion’ (book), originally a diminutive of ‘biblos’ – the
papyrus scroll. Food for thought as you paint those Easter eggs. EWIL
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The creators of award winning animation “The Lost Little Caterpillar” have come up
with a new fable, “Anna and the Moods”. Developed by Icelandic digital design and
animation company CAOZ, the film features the voices of Björk, Terry Jones and
Damon Albarn. Set to premiere this autumn, it was specially presented at the
Gothenburg Film Festival in Sweden last January.
This quirky tale tells the story of Anna and her family and how one day they are all
accosted by a frightful reality. Their beautiful, angelic daughter wakes up looking
like a sad version of Marilyn Manson, leading her parents to take her to see the
wacky doctor Artmann. His diagnosis: Anna is a teenager. “Anna and the Moods” is
written by Academy Award-nominated Icelandic writer Sjón and his story is set to
music by Julian Nott, who composed the soundtrack to Nick Park’s “Wallace and
Gromit” films. AMB
www.annaandthemoods.com
Teenage Trouble
Scot on Ice
The latest ad for Tennent’s Scottish beer
plays on the misguided notions that other
nations have of Iceland. It’s the first
Icelandic language ad ever to air on UK
television and cinema, and features a beer-
drinking Icelandic female chewing on
wind-dried puffin. The ad is the third in a
series of Tennent’s adverts filmed around
the world and has proved the most suc-
cessful. There’s a poster covering an entire
hotel in Edinburgh that just says, ‘Ég elska
Tennent’s’ (‘I love Tennent’s’), so expect
thousands of Scots to board their Glasgow
planes and head to Reykjavík. Tennent’s
has also, in cooperation with Icelandair,
put together a compilation CD of the best
in Icelandic music, including Sigur Rós,
Singapore Sling and Emilíana Torrini,
available with Scottish national arts and
entertainment mag The List. AMB
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