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THIS CD IS FANTASTICO!!!! i can't recommend it enough.....i may even prefer this to ()......it's so beautifully sad.......aiiaiaiaiai this is from the inside cover of the CD insert...... Hlemmeur is Reykjavik's main bus station and perhaps the most disdained place in Iceland's capital. Like any transportation node, the terminal offers the promise of escape, yet it is also the grim terrain upon which a collection of destitutes appear trapped. Alone and broke, they exist on the edge, exiled from their families and from social norms. Some struggle with long-term alcoholism, depression or serious mental illnesses, others are on benefit, burdened by debts, or are simply old and lonely. Their existence is spent between escaping their losses and pain, and a grim clinging to the hope that things will one day get better. They speak frankly and sometimes surprisingly poteically about their life on the street and what drove them there. Filmed digitally. 'Hlemmur' is a powerful and insightful documentary, refusing to aestheticise or glamourise these lives. Drawing out their stories in a gritty yet very human picture, it opens out an intimate window on those 'forgotten' or 'invisible' characters that socieity usually avoids through fear or glimpses briefly, uncomprehendingly at safe distance. this SO reminds me of the POWERFUL movie 'Dark Days' which was scored by DJ Shadow........man i wanna see this film even more after listening to this score.......amazing ....powerful.....and beautiful!!!! *run don't walk to see it* =0) |
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this is a fantastic cd. i imported it about a month ago and damn its awesome. its much better than () in my opinion. i really really want to see this movie. isn't it done by the same guy who did angels of the universe or something like that? i have that soundtrack as well and sigur ros is amazing there too. |
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DOOD we are SO ON THE SAME WAVY LENGTH!!! yipes how much $$ did you pay on the import? i was warned ahead to bring bucks to the show cos they were selling it there......$18 bucks US but so well worth it!! |
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LeCoeur! You look like that Sesame Street character Grover who got flattened by a manhole cover! ;D |
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WEEZEY!!! who said i'm FLAT ?!?!?!?!? ahahhahaha j/k it's the SNOOD face ya varment! rolls my eye ballies o_O |
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Anyone else thing Sigur Ros is extremely over-rated? :) I've never been impressed with them. I find it to be ultimately boring. I'll give 'em another shot though--suggest some tracks please, folks? |
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it does look grover-ish now that i look at it closely......woah ahaha |
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i go to helmmur like 3 times a week or so to take the bus home from school. usually there are very weird people (f.e. IDM freaks like me ;-))/bums who hang out there.. saw the film few weeks ago on tv, thought it was very intresting and kinda sad :/ |
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it doesn't look like ze BUS stations i've seen in the US......looks clean an such from the pic's in the CD thingy...... however i think i'll by pass that on my TOUR O ICELAND....... i imagine this film to be SAD....seeing how others live sometimes makes me appreciate my life LOTS more!!! |
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i want to see hlemmur soooo bad!!! just watching the trailer makes me weep. i need to pick up the soundtrack asap! |
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well it's not filthy at all. the film is expecially sad when one of the character that they focus on dies during the making of the film (we don't get to know how) and his bum friend (well ex-bum now i've heard) goes to his grave to morn his best friend |
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DOOD don't tell me any more!!!! i like surprises........ehehheheh =b if you got to a Ros concert, you should buy it there, it may be less expensive! |
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Where in the states can you see the movie? |
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sadly, i think the only way we'll get to see hlemmur is if we go to iceland :( i hope it gets a u.s. release sometime |
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I hear kazaaLite calling..... |
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I've never heard Hlemmur, but knowing there's Sigur Ros that's new to me is making me excited and horny. |
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yeah me to |
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Le Coeur is right, watching grotesque and realistic movies like Hlemmur does make you appreciate life more!¨ You guys probably have to get your ass to Iceland to see this flick cause it probably wont be released outside Iceland although its a distant possibility. I go to Hlemmur whenever I need to catch a bus and its quite fun actually! If your lucky you get to chat with the drunks there, depending on what mood they´re in. Even very philosophycal and intellectual conversations sometimes because some of these unlucky guys are pretty smart. One guy in the movie e.g. was a well known and smart buisness man before he suddenly lost everything. There is a fine line here in Iceland from being successful and out on a limb like most of the persons who hang out in Hlemmur. A lot of these persons are still smart and yet have something to give to the society. We should reflect on them with respect and hope. Thats what this movie Hlemmur was meant to be about though it shows the brutal nature of being a bum here in Reykjavik. Addi b has spoken |
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hey ADDI - any OTHER interesting SIGHTS to see in Iceland. Alberto has given it UP.......come on. places for the first time visitor to go! btw......i'm VERY jealous you've seen the movie, and i hope it DOES come to the US. if not i have this lovely soundtrack which is just A JEWEL!!! |
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im having a cd overload. I forgot about this cd, now 10 or so new albums id like to acquire sometime. the film does sound interesting, I still would like to get the angels of the universe ost and see the film. |
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Kazza lite doen't have it.... damn |
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