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Screaming Masterpiece is a film of genre Musical theatre with Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson

Screaming Masterpiece (2005)

Screaming Masterpiece
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Length 1h27
Genres Musical theatre,    Documentary,    Musical
Rating71% 3.580363.580363.580363.580363.58036

Screaming Masterpiece (Gargandi snilld in Icelandic) is a 2005 documentary film directed and written by Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon about the music scene in Iceland. It attempts to explore the reasons why Iceland has such a rich variety of musical talent.

The film itself shows mostly live performances and interviews by some of Iceland's biggest musicians, including Björk, Sigur Rós, Slowblow, múm, Ghostigital, Quarashi, Singapore Sling amongst others, over the backdrop of Icelandic scenery. It contains also interview clips with the musician and goði Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson of the Íslenska Ásatrúarfélagið, the official Ásatrú religious organization of Iceland.



Synopsis

Voici un documentaire retraçant l'histoire de la musique en Islande. Il essaie de comprendre d'où vient la variété musicale de cette petite île...

Actors

Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson

(Self)Björk

(Self)Jóhann Jóhannsson

(Self)Dagur Kári

(Self)
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