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*** ½ Worth checking out even if you've never heard of Sigur Rós. Heima (Dean DeBlois, 2007)DeBlois (Lilo and Stitch) chronicles the 2006 homecoming of Icelandic shoegaze band Sigur Rós, which combines the usual documentary-style interviews and location shots with footage of twelve concerts the band played in their native land, all free, all unannounced. A must, obviously, for fans of the band, but others will find themselves enchanted by the location footage, of which the decision to include so much must have been a conscious one (after all, the film's name, translated, is "Home"); at times it feels a lot less like a documentary about a rock band than it does a documentary about Iceland that happens to include a live soundtrack.
Highly recommended. In one performance, all of the band members together play an impromptu piece of music on a marimba made of pieces of stone.This film rises high above the usual concert film you may have seen before with its creativity and intelligence. Heima = home.Hauntingly beautiful images combine with Sigur Ros' evocative music to make a documentary that is a loving paean to the band's home.Even if you are not a Sigur Ros fan you owe it to yourself to see this film, if for no other reason than to view the otherworldly beauty of Iceland. This documentary/concert film combines live performances by the band Sigur Ros in multiple unusual places and interviews with the band members.Some of the intriguing performance locations include an abandoned fish processing factory and outside in the cold among native carvings.
This documentary is unlike many others in the fact that it doesn't have a ton of dialogue, but covers the actual performances and the music in a beautiful and original way. This film is a beautiful documentary covering concerts given across Iceland. Sigur Ros is already a phenomenal band, and the movie matches the excellence of the music.
It is sublime, truly. This video beautifully reflects the thoughtful individuals of the group Sigur Ros and how they put their music together and is well reflected with gorgeous images of Iceland and its very unique people. I saw it and had to buy it.
The camera work is great. Amazing.The DVD is both Dolby Digital and DTS. And the natural sound of the glacier.
Don't know their music. There's a pureness and vulnerability that comes from performing in a community hall in front of fifty people. Haven't heard of Sigur Ros.
Or performing acoustically on the soon to be dam bed. So to is the commentary.The music, the topography, the interviews - this DVD is a gem. This DVD is a great place to start.
Not only do you get a "best of" in terms of the music, but it is all set to the most amazing scenery that's beautifully and sensitively filmed.In fact some of the versions of their tracks are better on this DVD than on the album.
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