Sentences with phrase «icelandic film»

His parents were both actors in an Icelandic film where they make love on the kitchen floor, and as rumor has it, conceived Ragnar.

But Everest, co-produced by Working Title and directed by the Icelandic film - maker Baltasar Kormákur, harks backs to 1996, when the idea had taken root that Everest had become almost too easy.

Everest, directed by the Icelandic film - maker Baltasar Kormákur, harks backs to 1996, when the idea had taken root that Everest had become almost too easy

Prince Avalanche: David Gordon Green's remake of the Icelandic film Either Way stars Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch as two men who spend a summer apart from society painting highway lines following a devastating forest fire.

It also happens to be a remake of an Icelandic film, Either Way by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson (awesome name.)

Based on the little - seen Icelandic film «Either Way,» which this writer hasn't seen, judging from the trailers and clips online, David Gordon Green's effort looks remarkably similar in story and tone.

David Gordon Green returns to the lyrical tenor of his earliest films in this potent blend of comedy and road - movie stoicism, based on the 2011 Icelandic film Either Way.

Contraband is, in fact, the American remake of the Icelandic film Reykjavik - Rotterdam, and while I haven't seen that film to know for sure, the script for this American version (adapted by Aaron Guzikowski) tries to do too much with some of the subplots and supporting characters — which would've been more of a pronounced distraction if director Baltasar Kormakur (who produced the Icelandic version) and his team of editors hadn't cut them down to size.

When: January 13th Why: It's pretty funny that a movie about counterfeiting should turn out to be an imitation itself (the Icelandic film on which its based featured the U.S. version's director, Baltasar Kormákur, in the lead role), but despite the fact that its clichéd plot seems to have been ripped off from a number of generic action thrillers just like it, «Contraband» has one thing that a lot of those films didn't — a killer ensemble cast.

There's hardly a single original idea to be found, which is ironic considering it's about counterfeiting, and though Kormakur was presumably given the directing gig because he was familiar with the source material (having played Wahlberg's role in the Icelandic film that it's based on), he fails to demonstrate what made that movie so special that it deserved a remake.

Contraband is a remake of the Icelandic film Reykjavik - Rotterdam, which starred Baltasar Kormákur.

It looks rather melancholy, which is usually a good thing, and it's also based on an Icelandic film — which makes sense on the melancholy front.

A loose remake of an Icelandic film (Either Way), Prince Avalanche stars Rudd and Emile Hirsch as workers on a Texas road crew in 1988, repainting lines and replacing sign posts on rural routes after the devastating wildfire that occurred a year earlier.

First, an almost flawless first time original screenplay by Aaron Guzikowski, whose only other writing credit was for his adaptation of the Icelandic film that became the Mark Wahlberg hit «Contraband.»

Based on a 2011 Icelandic film, writer - director David Gordon Green's Prince Avalanche tells the story of stick - in - the - mud Alvin (Paul Rudd) and horndog Lance (Emile Hirsch).

«It was a really great process because the film, Either Way, the Icelandic film, served as a fantastic blueprint, and I really just spent a day dictating that movie into a screenplay and then spent another couple days flipping it around and expanding certain things, emotionally investing myself in some of these characters and some dialogue.

Not exact matches

The festival, which spans several days, will include a film festival, Icelandic - themed menus across the city, and a concert at The Middle East on Saturday night.

The hard - to - characterize film (which blends comedy, musical, political drama and more) follows Halla (Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, in a highly praised performance) as she battles the local aluminum industry in order to protect her beloved Icelandic Highlands.

When asked if he would shoot the films himself or if he and the Icelandic filmmakers would hand over the keys to different directors, he said they would ideally «do a mix of both.»

Prince Avalanche — a loose remake of the 2011 Icelandic comedy Either Way, starring Emile Hirsch and Paul Rudd as two incompatible outsiders stuck working a summer job together in a remote area — would actually find its initial nucleus via Explosions» drummer Chris Hrasky, who'd recommended the film's dramatic setting to Green as an evocative potential film location.

What bumps the film up from minor to major achievement is its expert cinematography, which captures the majesty of horses unlike any movie I've seen, while capturing the stunning Icelandic landscape just as well.

Producer Cathleen Sutherland along with her producer / colleagues Susan Kirr and Brandon Dickerson set out to make a film based on an Icelandic novel some years ago, but the project fell through when financing disappeared.

According to the always - accurate Wikipedia, the film was originally advertised as «The First Icelandic Thriller», then revised its claims to state «Should only be seen if you have a sense of humor.»

And that he does so with a portmanteau film about men and their horses — set in the beautiful Icelandic landscape popularised by Walter Mitty — proves that cinema can utilise just about any subject matter to say something important if it tries.

The trailer - and that Of Monsters And Men track is probably no coincidence considering the film's Icelandic locations - gives a first look at Sean Penn, Kristen Wiig and Adam Scott, Stiller's support, and a flavour of the film's soaring tone.

Blu - ray Highlight: I'm a sucker for a good making - of featurette, and the one included here is better than most, covering a range of topics including the differences between the Icelandic original and the remake, casting and filming on location in New Orleans.

Everest, directed by Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormakur (Contraband, 2 Guns, and the stellar Icelandic survival film The Deep), recounts the 1996 climbing disaster on Mount Everest that killed eight mountaineers in one day, one of the worst disasters on that mountain.

THe film it reminds me most of (outside of Prometheus with it's Icelandic Setting and Inception with its «Big Wide Shots» is actually the Hughes Brothers» «BOOK OF ELI»

The story of Magnúsdóttir has previously been made into a film for Icelandic audiences, 1995's Agnes, which starred Icelandic actors Maria Ellingsen and Baltasar Kormákur.

The Oath Baltasar Kormákur has had a supremely interesting career with big budget Hollywood films such as Everest and 2 Guns, along with more modestly priced Icelandic affairs such as The Deep.

From the acclaimed Icelandic author of Absolution, The Journey Home (now about to start filming under Liv Ullmann's direction) and Walking into the Night: a haunting collection of thematically linked stories that encompasses the twelve months of a year, capturing the most candid moments between lovers, husbands and wives, parents and children — when truths and true feelings surge to the surface and everything changes.

The Icelandic artist's work gives performance art, and contemporary art in general, a good rep.. His actions, musical scores, films and paintings are reminiscent of the repetitious, contemplative tone of Bill Viola's video work as well as Anselm Kiefer's multimedia, existential reflections on the creative «self» and on cultural inheritance.

The work is a 30 second version of McGinleyʼs original film for Icelandic band Sigur Rósʼ track Varúð, which features a magical golden haired girl skipping throughout the streets of New York.

Next night, either one would have been useful armor against the stiff wind blowing through Chelsea, where the sole opening was for The Visitors, a nine - screen film that the Icelandic cutup Ragnar Kjartansson was premiering at Luhring Augustine.

The Danish Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson (born 1967) works in a wide variety of mediums, including installation, painting, sculpture, photography, and film.

Olafur Eliasson: Well - known for his 2003 installation The weather project, at Tate Modern London, which was seen by over two million visitors, and for Contact, his recent exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Danish - Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson's work spans from photography and film to sculpture, instal - lation, and architecture.

Part of Sigur Ros's Valtari Mystery Film Experiment, in which 11 international artists were commissioned by the Icelandic band to make an original new film for a song on their 2012 Valtari release.

Occupying most of the fourth - floor gallery, however, was Take Me Here by the Dishwasher: Memorial for a Marriage (2011/2014), which projected a scene from the remastered 1977 Mordsaga (Murder Story), the first Icelandic feature film, which starred the artist's mother and father.

He began his Drawing Restraint series in 1987, releasing a film, Drawing Restraint 9, set on an Icelandic whaling ship and starring his then partner, Björk, in 2005.

Given the range of «new media» included in North by New York, including conceptual photography by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, film stills by Finnish artist Marja Viitahuhta, and the video works of Danish artist Henrik Lund Jørgensen, the fact that actual paintings are included among the hydridities present in the show is already ahead of the game.

What: Björk Where: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY When: March 8, 2015 to June 7, 2015 Why: This full - scale retrospective will span the entire career of Icelandic singer, songwriter and artist Björk, including sound, film, visuals, instruments, objects, costumes, and performance.

The Reykjavík Festival at Walt Disney Concert Hall presents an opportunity to experience a site - specific installation by Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir and a film by fellow Icelander Xárene Eskandar.

Kjartan Sveinsson, composer and a former member of the Icelandic band Sigur Rós, transformed the scene's dialogue into a ten - part polyphony played by ten musicians, who sing and play guitar in the tradition of the troubadour to accompany a projection of the original film scene.

Featuring commentary from Bjork herself, interviews with notable environmentalist and scholars (Omar Ragnarsson and Andri Snaer Magnason) as well as other prominent Icelandic figures, the film is centered around exploring the concept of alternative energy and how it can apply to the Icelandic environment.