BLOG: SIGUR ROS "LEANING TOWARDS SOLACE"

The final instalment of Sigur Rós' Valtari Mystery Films series was unveiled this week, film #16 directed by Floria Sigismondi. Starring some famous names in John Hawkes and Elle Fanning, the short film features tracks "Dauðalogn" and "Varúð", portrayed through a beautifully shot story of a ballet-dancing girl and her troubled father. The cinematography is just wonderful and it's such an engaging piece of video. I've watched it a few times now but I find it intensely gripping every time. It just might be the best of the series. The ending, by he way, is bizarre; fittingly climactic with the music's final crescendo.

It's a series, initially set out as an experiment where independent artists were each commissioned to interpret the music however they liked, that has now been confirmed to be released digitally and on DVD in the new year. This weekend, they've even been screening at all kinds of places across the globe, after previously being presented at London's BFI Film Festival in October. It's been a unique movement for the stunning album that came out 7 months ago, one that's been inspiring to follow with some fascinating outcomes by the various filmmakers, and it's a digital purchase that I'll happily be making come February 5th.