Amina, Bang Gang, Bjork

Icelanders have fostered a music scene with a sound and attitude that is all their own, mixing ancient dirges and contemporary electronics, rock, pop and classical influences to produce their own ecle...( read more  read more... )ctic style. This film delivers the full force of the explosive Icelandic music scene. We follow the acts from their home in Iceland as they tour the world, from New York to Tokyo and beyond. The film was two years in the making and takes the audience behind the scenes of Reyjavik's irrepressible musical underground. The creeping glaciers, barren highland sands and dark raging seas full of ghosts form a backdrop to the raw energy of the music.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Ari Alexander Ergis Magn?sson, Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon

Release Date: February 5, 2005

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DVD Release Date: March 6, 2007

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  • March 19, 2008
    I've been a fan of Icelandic musicians like Bjork, Sigur Ros, Mum, Bang Gang.. I cannot stress how insanely obsessed I am of the entire documentary and its soundtrack, from beginning to end. And I cannot stress how badly I wish to be Icelandic! :( It's amazing how they've capture...( read more)d the very essence, if I may note so, of the Icelandic music scene and its influences with its heritage, friendly people, and poetry all mixed together into their music.
  • May 19, 2007
    Looks super interesting.

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  • morphine
    March 19, 2008
    I want to spend the last years of my life in Iceland..

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