JANUARY 11, 2008

Not just for fans

DVD: Heima

In the typical concert film, you’ll witness ubiquitous adoring fans, self-conscious moments with the kooky but lovable band, and the wretched excess that’s often associated with rock-stardom.

Thankfully, you’ll find pretty much none of this in Heima, Dean DeBlois’s spectacular documentary, never released in theaters, about the Icelandic band Sigur Rós. Heima, which in Icelandic means both “at home” and “homeland,” is an apt title for the film, which shows the band performing 10 free concerts scattered throughout Iceland — at venues including a deserted fishing town, a protest camp at the edge of a controversial dam, an abandoned herring-oil tank, a national park, and a community hall. Sure, the brief interviews with the low-key band members aren’t particularly revealing, but that’s part of the band’s DNA.

Even if you’ve never heard Sigur Rós’s seductive music before, you’ll be awestruck by the gorgeous cinematography of the Icelandic landscape.

Heima

the trailer for Heima

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