REVIEWS:
"Elegiacally epic camerawork sweeps over the snow-kissed landscape as lovingly as the man in a funny woolly hat plays Viking songs about Odin on his xylophone. Outside, it's all wide-open spaces, but the Icelandic music scene is a small, claustrophobically friendly one, where bands are like families and musicians play in several groups at once. It's a culture of limitless possibility where anything can happen, as proven by the anecdotal evidence of Nilfisk, who played their first ever public performance by opening for the Foo Fighters in Rejkjavik only a month after forming.
Ari Alexander and Ergis Magnusson's film is an essay on the evolution of sound that offers no conclusions - how can there be when the story is still unfolding? This is a charming, enthralling, screaming masterpiece that will do wonders for the Icelandic tourist industry. "
From Kotleta's review on iofilm.co.uk
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"An unexpectedly satisfying documentary" - Kenneth Turan
An unexpectedly satisfying documentary that Cannes served up was "Screaming Masterpiece," subtitled "1000 Years of Icelandic Popular Music." A survey of that country's vibrant, creative rock scene, including interviews and performance footage from the likes of Bjork and Sigur Ros, "Screaming" offers great music as well as a lively and informative tour of the country that produced it.
-Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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"It takes chutzpah to call a pic Screaming Masterpiece" - Variety
It takes chutzpah to call a pic Screaming Masterpiece, however tongue-in-cheek it´s intended, but as helmer Ari Alexander Ergis Magnusson´s flag-waving docu proves, Icelanders are not short on self-belief. Film explores how this tiny nation of 300,000 souls has managed to produce not only exportable pop from the likes of Bjork and rock combo Sigur Ros, but also a thriving scene for jazz, folk and classical music.
-VARIETY