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manualtree, December 18, 2008 (view all comments by manualtree)
Out of the many things that can make up a band dvd, Sigur Rós have decided on the simplest of elements: music, some speech, and landscape. This film is their shows they played in their home in Iceland. They've created an absolutely beautiful film, by the way it was film and edited. The foreign language makes it all more appealing in that the wonder of Iceland is greatly extended. They have simple interviews with the band (in English) and they are shown as humble and as ordinary as any other person out there. They have such beautiful music and to see it live in this film along with breathtaking shots of Iceland it is astounding. There is such beauty to this band and this film, it is something of an amazement to see. It is definitely one of, if the not, the greatest band documentaries I have seen.
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