World film locations. Reykjavik - Jez Conolly

Though the creative community of Reykjavk, Iceland, has
earned a well-deserved reputation for its unique artistic output-most
notably the popular music that has emerged from the city since the
1980s-Reykjavk's filmmakers have received less attention than they
merit. World Film Locations: Reykjavk corrects this imbalance,
shedding new light on the role of cinema in a country that, partly
because of its small population, produces more films per capita than any
other in the world.

The contributors to this volume trace
cinema in Iceland from the 1979 establishment of the Icelandic Film
Fund-before which the country's film industry barely existed-through
today. In a series of illuminating scene reviews, they show how rapidly
the city has changed over the past thirty years. In thematic spotlight
articles, they go on to explore such topics as the relationship between
Iceland and its capital city; youth culture and night life; the
relationship between film and the local music community; cinematic
representations of Scandinavian crime; and filmmakers' response to the
2008 banking crisis. Together, these varied contributions show how films
shot in Reykjavk have been shaped both by Iceland's remoteness from
the rest of the world and by Icelandic filmmakers' sense that the city
remains forever on the brink of desolate and harsh wilderness.