Dreamland will be published this year in Japan by NHK and in Denmark by Tiderne Skifter. The Blue Planet will be published in China in the next days and it has just been published in Lithauenia by Sara. Next year Lubbe publishers in Germany will publish LoveStar and they have proposed a marketing slogan: ,,Imagine in Icelanders ruled the world”. In short the book is about an Icelandic corporation that expands so greatly that it causes the end of the world. It came out first in Iceland quite before the crash, even before anyone here had a private jet and quite a lot has unfolded since making it very interesting to see how the german readers will find it. Here is a small chapter from the book in a New York book blog. Dreamland the movie will participate in Nordisk Panorama here in Reykjavik, it will have it’s international premier in november in Amsterdam and in january it will be in the Göthenburg film festival. In Reykjavik you can see the film in September at Nordisk Panorama. Andri Snær Magnason is now attending Kapitell in Stavanger, 17th and 18th of september with Sjon and Hallgrimur Helgason. Oct 2-5 he will be in Festival Internationale in Italy.
The Blue Planet by Andri Snær Magnason has just been published in Vilnius. Here is the information in the Lithuanian:
Apysaka / Iš islandų kalbos vertė Jurgita Marija Abraitytė; dailininkė Áslaug Jónsdóttir. – Vilnius: Žara, 2009 . – 94 p.
Mėlynoji planeta buvo labai ypatinga: joje gyveno tik vaikai. Žinoma, ten dar buvo žvėrelių ir augalų, bet visur, kur tik pažvelgsi, bėgiojo tik įvairiausio dydžio ir formų vaikai: ir maži, ir dideli, ir stori, ir ploni, o kai kurie netgi tokie keisti, kaip ir tas keistuolis, kurį pamatai pasižiūrėjęs į veidrodį.
Kadangi planetoje nebuvo nė vieno suaugusiojo, vaikai buvo visiškai laisvi. Niekas jiems nenurodinėjo, ką jie turi daryti. Joje dėjosi tokia nesuskaičiuojama gausybė keistenybių ir nuotykių, kad joks suaugęs žmogus nebūtų galėjęs joje gyventi nežildamas ir nedžiūdamas iš streso ir rūpesčių.
Andri Snær Magnason and Rebecca Solnit speak about Iceland, Dreamland and some other issues in this one hour show on Wisconsin Public Radion. Here is the web page of the show where you can stream the broadcast. And here is where you can download the MP3. Just look under the date of the show–6/3/09. The trailer for the film is here.
Kobra is one of the best television programs in Sweden. The last episode was about the collapse of the Icelandic economy and the response of the artistic community. Sigurros, Kira Kira, Andri Magnason with Dreamland and Steinunn Sigurðardóttir. You can see it here – most interviews are in english.
THE TITLE TRACK FROM VALGEIR’S ‘DREAMLAND’ (’DRAUMALANDIÐ’) SOUNDTRACK FEATURING BEN FROST, NICO MUHLY & SAM AMIDON. THIS IS AN OLD ICELANDIC FOLKSONG COLLECTIVELY RE-ARRANGED BY THE BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
Dreamland the movie is out – soon to go for a festival tour – more information coming soon. Excellent reviews and now the third most popular film running in cinemas in Iceland. Five stars, four of four, five of five, four and a half of five. Here is a review in english:
Andri Snær Magnason is participating in The Laugharne Weekend festival Friday the 3rd of April 2009. Other writers reading in the festival include Irvine Welsh and DBC Pierre.
Dreamland – a Self Help Manual for a Frightened Nation has become a film. Directed by Thorfinnur Gudnason and Andri Snær Magnason. The premier date is the 7th of April. Feature length documentary. For more information, press kit etc. go here.
