tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post5686042633044619141..comments2023-11-05T01:05:41.190-07:00Comments on International Noir Fiction: Myrin (Jar City)--the movieGlenn Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-67093124409021961032017-03-05T12:10:48.306-08:002017-03-05T12:10:48.306-08:00I am in the process of watching it right now. I b...I am in the process of watching it right now. I bought a streaming version through Amazon. They also have a DVD available on the US Amazon site. It is here. https://www.amazon.com/M%C3%BDrin-Nordermoor-NON-USA-FORMAT-Reg-4/dp/B01DRYS7BE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1488744491&sr=8-5&keywords=jar+city. <br /><br />I hope to see a good movie. If I have time, I´ll come back afterwards and post some more!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18238719698524517219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-44512248945976962102011-03-26T14:03:57.141-07:002011-03-26T14:03:57.141-07:00Post-existential noir; I thumbnailed it for my kid...Post-existential noir; I thumbnailed it for my kids as having classic Ross MacDonald new crime leading back in time to an original sin structure; with the Shakespearian subplot of Jar City eerily mirroring the alternative plot line that lights on the search of one young man looking for computer data while his child suffers a painful death in the hospital; and who at first appears to be an avatar of the lead; <br /><br />Father's and daughters; mothers and sons; and their fragile connections in a land so bleak that Ingmar Bergman's characters come to mind ;more gentle in their comparisons to these cold angry Icelandic figures forced into holding onto each other for purchase among these frozen and volcanic islands at the top of the isolated world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-61540515919120050192008-05-04T02:19:00.000-07:002008-05-04T02:19:00.000-07:00I wonder if there is a DVD available? buy aI wonder if there is a DVD available? buy aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-79394994353600703682008-03-11T09:17:00.001-07:002008-03-11T09:17:00.001-07:00should have read 'I saw the film....'should have read 'I saw the film....'Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893946850544076000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-8042322964597849912008-03-11T09:17:00.000-07:002008-03-11T09:17:00.000-07:00the film at the Courmayeur Noir in Festival fest i...the film at the Courmayeur Noir in Festival fest in Italy last December. Both excellent and faithful to the book.<BR/><BR/>Arnaldur also approves fully of it.<BR/><BR/>The actor who plays Erlendur (and was also film's co-producer) won Best Actor Award at the festUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893946850544076000noreply@blogger.com