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The scene in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou where Sigur Rós's "Starálfur" bubbles up on the soundtrack is one of my favorite goosebump moments of the past decade of film, proof positive that the exact right match of song and visual can elevate even a mess of a movie like that one.So credit Irish writer/director Neil Jordan, the guy who made The Crying Game and Interview With the Vampire, with some truly savvy instincts. As Sigur Rós announced on their website last week, Jordan has enlisted the band's keyboardist, Kjartan Sveinsson, to write the score for his forthcoming film Ondine. A few songs from Sigur Rós will also appear on the soundtrack.In The Life Aquatic, Sigur Rós's particular brand of airy mystery worked beautifully in fantastical deep-sea scenes. From the looks of things, Jordan may have similar uses in mind for the band. IMDB describes Ondine's plot thusly: "The story of an Irish fisherman who discovers a woman in his fishing net who he believes to be a mermaid." So magical-realist Splash, basically. Nice! Also, Colin Farrell plays a character named Syraceuse, and that guy killed it in In Bruges, so this movie could be really good.
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For the better part of the year, Sigur Rós have been taking part in their Valtari Mystery Film Experiment, in which they commission different artists to make short films out of songs from their recent album Valtari. The latest entry in the series, and apparently the final one, comes from director Floria Sigismondi, and it [...]
submitted by Nick Nov 20th 2012 08:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Sigur Rós’s Mystery Film Experiment shows no signs of slowing down and today the Icelandic experimental stalwarts let loose another video for “Varúð.” This one features a little more action than the last one, documenting a young girl’s mystical adventure through a forest. Björn Flóki directs. Watch it...
submitted by Nick Nov 14th 2012 01:00 pm (www.antimusic.com)
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submitted by Nick Nov 12th 2012 03:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Since the release of Valtari, Sigur Rós has embarked on their extensive Mystery Film Experiment, a video series that visually illustrates the album’s tracks. Today we have the clip for “Valtari,” in which a male and female dancer fuse together. Christian Larson directs. Valtari is out now on XL.


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