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The Recycled House

The Recycled House — home built of scraps by Icelandic filmmaker Hrafn Gunnlaugsson in Reykjavík, Iceland.

More photos: Reykjavík

#The Recycled House #hrafn gunnlaugsson #reykjavik #public art

[indianhour]

The 14 Best Viking Movies Ever Made

Icelandic director Hrafn Gunnlaugsson is one of the most notorious figures in the history of his country’s cinema, and of all the movies on his three-decade-spanning filmography, he is perhaps best remembered for the run of classic Viking features he released between 1984 and 1991. All three films, which are collectively known as his “Raven Trilogy” or “Viking Trilogy,” are very much worth…

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Revenge of the Barbarians / When the Raven Flies (1984) CNR Video https://www.videospace.fi/release/revenge_of_the_barbarians_vhs_cnr_video_netherlands

#Videospace #VHS #Revenge of the Barbarians #When the Raven Flies #Hrafn Gunnlaugsson #Jakob Þór Einarsson #Edda Björgvinsdóttir #Helgi Skúlason #VHS tapes #VHS art #VHS cover

[hatari-translations]

I've got a question regarding Andrean's name. Is Andrean his middle name? Because it appears that his full name is Sigurður Andrean Sigurgeirsson and he just goes by Andrean? Or did I confuse him with someone else? lol

Andrean’s full legal name is Sigurður Andrean Sigurgeirsson, yeah. He seems to pretty much exclusively go by Andrean and introduce himself as Andrean, though, to the point that the onscreen title for him in Fólkið á bak við búningana just said “Andrean Sigurgeirsson”. So it seems right that we as the fandom respect his chosen name and just call him that!

Technically, though, in Iceland a middle name means something a bit more specific that follows different rules from given names - it’s treated differently grammatically and is often something like an identifier referring to a place you’re from (e.g. Breiðfjörð) or a family name that you have alongside a patronymic. So Andrean is not strictly speaking a middle name; it’s just his second given name.

In Iceland, the way that multiple given names are used tends to be a bit different from how it usually is in at least the English-speaking world, as I understand it. Some people only have one given name (I’m one of them), and out of those with multiple, some people pretty much only use their first given name, or only the second. (Andrean is one example, and I also gather Einar’s full name is Einar Hrafn Stefánsson, but his title in Fólkið á bak við búningana left out Hrafn). However, it’s also very common for two given names to be used as a unit. Former prime minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson is sometimes referred to as just “Sigmundur”, but more commonly as “Sigmundur Davíð”, and basically never as “Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson” without the Davíð - you might genuinely confuse me for a second if you called him that. Many men are named Jón [something] and are always referred to by both said almost like a single word - it genuinely threw me for a loop when my husband’s cousin had a child and she was “Jónsdóttir” and it took me a moment to even remember that oh, yes, that actually is his name, isn’t it.

#andrean sigurgeirsson #einar stefánsson #icelandic #iceland #cultural context #Anonymous #icelandic names #asks: icelandic #asks #asks: iceland #asks: hatari

[bronsochblod]

Vite vikingen - Podcast och filmrecension

Vite vikingen - Podcast och filmrecension Linus och jag tittar på film. Vite vikingen från 1991, närmare bestämt!

Här på bloggen så har det förekommit en filmrecension tidigare, och nu har vi gjort det igen!

Den här gången är det i form av ett podcastavsnitt på Lidskälv tillsammans med Linus. Vi recenserar “Vite vikingen” från 1991. Det är den tredje delen i Hrafn Gunnlaugssons trilogi som börjar med Korpen Flyger och Korpens Skugga.

Vi har ett trevligt samtal, och även om vi trodde att vi skulle vara…

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#filmrecension #vikingar

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The home of Icelandic film director Hrafn Gunnlaugsson... the best house on the Reykjavík waterfront #iceland #reykjavik #icelandtravel (at Reykjavík, Iceland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5LqbxFA3Af/?igshid=1dtvi3z3ufs01

#iceland #reykjavik #icelandtravel

[unconsumption]

On Reykjavík’s edge, overlooking the icy waters of the North Atlantic, is a curious dwelling surrounded by a junkyard. Time-worn sculptures made from old ship parts, satellite dishes and driftwood are strewn across the landscape. Other salvaged objects and piles of concrete, glass, and stone have found a place to call home in a city filled with clean-cut, Scandinavian-style architecture. ...

Close by is a stone chimney resting on some rocks, a set of old bicycle wheels abandoned in snow-covered bushes, and crescent moons that form part of a giant makeshift solar system. Everything has been purposefully arranged, yet seems to be in total disarray. It would be easy to call this sight a clumsy creation, but there’s more to it than that. ...

This experiment in recycled architecture is the home of Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, a 66-year-old film director whose acclaimed work played an important role in the creation of this exhibition. “I was looking for a place to build the decorations for my movies,” he explains. “This was an old house, falling apart, and they were planning to tear it down. So I bought it.”

The rest is here.

— rw

#Architecture #Design #Junk #Iceland #Hrafn Gunnlaugsson

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#Hrafn Gunnlaugsson #iceland #minolta x-700 #reykjavik #sculpture #fujifilm 400

[signerick]

Egill Ólafsson and Helgi Skúlason in a classical viking-movie "Hrafninn Flýgur" (The Raven's Flight)

#hrafn gunnlaugsson #hrafninn flýgur #eggil ólafsson #Helgi Skulason #vikings #icelandic #icelandic people #icelandic actors #beadred men