#Godland (2022), currently on BBC iPlayer.

The film speaks to me on many levels. Among other things, it offers the most compelling, visually most congenial representation of the "photographer's eye".

Late 19th century, a young Danish priest comes to a remote part of Iceland. He is confronted with an imposing, beautiful and unwelcoming natural enivironment, and with deep cultural, political and personal conflicts. The narrative is slow and poetic, brutal at times, supported by intense visual imagery of the Icelandic landscape.

The priest carries with him a wooden large format camera, along with glass plates and the whole wet-plate processing equipment. The film's camera work lovingly reproduces the perspective of a photographer looking at the groundglass of their view-camera, using a 4:3 framing with the rounded corners of a typical ground glass. Magic.

Director #HlynurPálmason, camera #MariaVHausswolff.

#Iceland #Photography #ViewCamera #WetPlatePhotography

Last night we watched the Danish movie Godland, set almost entirely in Iceland and with (sparse) dialogue in Danish and Icelandic. Over two hours of it.

It was beautiful. Dire. Scenic. Bleak. Amazing. Frustrating. Graphic (animal slaughter). Serene. Extremely weird in places.

Would I recommend it? Hard to say, I reckon many wouldn't have made it as far as the church building site before bailing.

Most of the movie has no dialogue, it documents the long drawn-out journey with truly astounding vistas. A good chunk of the dialogue is "I don't understand you" (said in Danish) as the priest doesn't speak Icelandic. There is an interpreter for some part of the journey, but, well, he departs at some point.

The movie is an artwork, made to look like it was filmed in Super 8 (i.e. 4x3 aspect). It needs to be treated as art rather than a story, for much of it at least. On that basis, it is truly worth the time spent watching it.

"Pray for me."

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/godland/2420902979706
https://trakt.tv/movies/godland-2022
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19623228

#Movies #SBSOnDemand #Godland

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#Godland: nella terra di Dio
#VanskabteLand

Un'Islanda dura e selvaggia fa da sfondo ad una storia affascinante e complessa, fatta di immagini stupende, silenzi e di lingua islandese che, per noi e il protagonista, è incomprensibile…

📝Voto: 7,5/10

"Vanskabte land" di Hlynur Pálmason, 143 minuti, 2022.

- Alla fine del XIX secolo, un giovane prete danese si reca in una zona remota dell'Islanda per costruire una chiesa e fotografare la sua gente. Ma più si addentra nel paesaggio spietato, più si allontana dal suo scopo, dalla missione e dalla morale. - da themoviedb.org

#cinema #film #Movies #27aprile #cineMastodon #cineItalia

Voilà deux ans que je voulais voir le film islandais Godland sélectionné à Un Certain Regard 2022. J'hésitais car j'avais peur qu'il soit magnifique mais long et chiant et on l'a enfin vu ce soir. C'était magnifique mais long et chiant.

#cinema
#godland

"Η χώρα του Θεού" (#Godland, Hlynur Pálmason)
Την είδα πριν καμιά εβδομάδα και την προτείνω ανεπιφύλακτα ειδικά αν ψάχνετε ταινία με αριστουργηματική φωτογραφία.

🇩🇰🇮🇸 Στο τέλος του 19ου αιώνα, ένας νεαρός Δανός ιερέας ταξιδεύει σε μια απομακρυσμένη περιοχή της Ισλανδίας (μέρος τότε της Δανίας) με στόχο να χτίσει μια εκκλησία, αλλά και να απαθανατίσει φωτογραφικά τους κατοίκους της για πρώτη φορά.
Ωστόσο, όσο προχωράει μέσα στο δύσβατο, αφιλόξενο τοπίο, τόσο απομακρύνεται από τον σκοπό του, την αποστολή του και τις βεβαιότητες που ως τότε ακολουθούσε.

ST. MERCY: GODLAND Leaps into A New Era of Obsession: The Gods of The Golden Age of Hollywood
Top Cow Productions, Inc., the company behind The Darkness, Witchblade, and Cyber Force, has partnered with EP1T0ME Studios, Inc. once again to launch ST. MERCY: GODLAND, the next installment of the hit action/adventure series, ST. MERCY.

In...
https://comiccrusaders.com/st-mercy-godland-leaps-into-a-new-era-of-obsession-the-gods-of-the-golden-age-of-hollywood/
#mercy #godland #comics #top cow #image

Oscars International Feature Shortlist: Armenia Marks A First, Bhutan Is Back, ‘Godland’ Surprises
#News #Amerikatsi #BestInternationalFeatureFilm #Godland #TheMonkAndTheGun #TheZoneOfInterest

https://deadline.com/2023/12/2024-oscar-international-feature-shortlist-movie-1235679936/