Heima

I was lucky enough to be able to sneak into an early screening of the Sigur Ros tour film Heima.
It’s a stunning piece of work and, speaking as a fan, pretty much flawless. It covers the band as they toured their home country, Iceland, last year, playing venues as varied as an abandoned fish factory and a protest camp over a massive new hydroelectric dam. The music is wonderful, the images breathtaking. Widescreen sound and pictures all the way.
If I was to put my critics hat on (the grey fedora with the plaid ribbon and the inky crow quill stuck in it) I would say that it’s charm depends largely on whether you find Icelandic pixie types and their aethereal music annoying. If you do, then this is effectively an ad for the Icelandic Tourist Board, and you’re not gonna like the whimsy on offer.
I thought it was a joy from beginning to end, and the DVD is going straight on my Christmas list. I’m already raving to everyone I can about it, and I recommend that if you can get into a screening, go for it. It’s a whole different animal on the big screen.

Guys, seriously… takk.