Special programme “Real Life”

Punk in Iceland

1 hr. 26 min. | Documentary | N/A

1978, Iceland. Beer is illegal, Cold War ghosts roam everywhere and no one knows about a thing like punk rock. But soon this style invaded quiet Iceland and shook all the old music from the ground up. Everything has changed. Punk rock looked “green,” refreshing, new, and dangerous at the time. Everyone could play it, the less you knew, the better. This film features images from the first punk rock concert in Iceland, footage that was previously erased from Friedrich Thor Fridriksson's film Rokk i Reykjavik (1982). This film sheds light on the first steps of punk rock in Iceland, and is called a masterpiece by both critics and rock professors.

Orn Marino Arnarson

Orn Marino Arnarson

Orn Marino Arnarson graduated in directing from the LUCR Film Academy in Rome.
Thorkell S. Hardarson

Thorkell S. Hardarson

Thorkell S. Hardarson studied cinema at CLC.
Languages
Icelandic
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Pönkið og Fræbbblarnir
Produced
2004: Iceland

Film information

Director
Orn Marino Arnarson, Thorkell S. Hardarson
Producers
Markell Productions
Cast
Gunnar LArus Hjalmarsson, Arnor Snorrason, Sigur?ur Steinarsson
More information
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