World Film Locations: Reykjavík
Distributed for Intellect Ltd
112 pages
|
50 color plates
|
6 x 9
|
© 2012
- Contents
Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
Reykjavík: City of the Imagination
Jez Conolly and Caroline Whelan
Map of Scenes 1–7: 1962–1992
’A Stupid Man Built His Home On Sand’: A Filmed Response to the Icelandic Banking Crisis
Júlíana Björnsdóttir
Map of Scenes 8–14: 1995–2005
Urban/Wilderness: Reykjavík’s Cinematic City-Country Divide
Björn Norðfjörd
Map of Scenes 15–20: 2005–2007
Cultural Capital and Corrugated Iron: The 101 Reykjavík Postcode on Film
Heiða Jóhannsdóttir
Map of Scenes 21–26: 2008
Violently Funny: Comedic Capers, Claustrophobia, and Icelandic Crime Cinema
Bjorn Thor Vilhjalmsson
Map of Scenes 27–32: 2009–2010
Björk and Beyond: Reykjavík’s Onscreen Relationship with its Music Scene
Helga Þórey Jónsdóttir
Map of Scenes 33–38: 2010–2011
A Moving Story: Reykjavík as a Global/Transnational Cinematic City
Marcelline Block
Resources
Contributor Bios
Filmography
Reykjavík: City of the Imagination
Jez Conolly and Caroline Whelan
Map of Scenes 1–7: 1962–1992
’A Stupid Man Built His Home On Sand’: A Filmed Response to the Icelandic Banking Crisis
Júlíana Björnsdóttir
Map of Scenes 8–14: 1995–2005
Urban/Wilderness: Reykjavík’s Cinematic City-Country Divide
Björn Norðfjörd
Map of Scenes 15–20: 2005–2007
Cultural Capital and Corrugated Iron: The 101 Reykjavík Postcode on Film
Heiða Jóhannsdóttir
Map of Scenes 21–26: 2008
Violently Funny: Comedic Capers, Claustrophobia, and Icelandic Crime Cinema
Bjorn Thor Vilhjalmsson
Map of Scenes 27–32: 2009–2010
Björk and Beyond: Reykjavík’s Onscreen Relationship with its Music Scene
Helga Þórey Jónsdóttir
Map of Scenes 33–38: 2010–2011
A Moving Story: Reykjavík as a Global/Transnational Cinematic City
Marcelline Block
Resources
Contributor Bios
Filmography
For more information, or to order this book, please visit https://press.uchicago.edu
Google preview here
Travel and Tourism: Travel Writing and Guides
You may purchase this title at these fine bookstores. Outside the USA, see our international sales information.