Should you watch Heima?
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Heima
Documentary · 2007
Ethereal post-rock pioneers Sigur Rós play a string of impromptu gigs in their native Iceland after finishing a world tour in 2006. As they travel through the country, the band visits a wide variety of venues, from a large outdoor festival to a coffee shop.
The sides of Heima
- Sigur Rós playing free shows across Iceland
- Gigs in village halls, a coffee shop and outdoors
- Icelandic landscapes between songs
Heima is good for you if…
- you love Sigur Rós and slow, soaring music.
- you want Iceland's landscapes on a big screen.
- you like a quiet, unhurried film.
Heima is bad for you if…
- you want talk and story, and this is mostly songs and landscapes.
- you won't read subtitles. The band talks in Icelandic between songs.
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