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Release Date:
March 15, 2020
Original Title:
Eins og Málverk eftir Eggert Pétursson
Genres:
Documentary
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 74
“Just Like a Painting by Eggert Pétursson” is a documentary on the painter Eggert Pétursson. In moraines near Skaftafell Glacier and close to the Arctic Circle at Tröllaskagi peninsula we discover the film’s dynamic cornerstone on our trip through the Highlands. Our guide is botanist Thóra Ellen Thórhallsdóttir, who connects the dots between our experience of the Icelandic nature and the floral diversity of Eggert’s flower paintings. Eggert is a conceptual artist with a realistic vision of form and structure, but the imagination is tied to interpretation and his own sense of painting. From his book of sketches, surrounded by a musical ode to Mother Nature, the flora’s perseverance and complexity matches the world of the painting while emphasizing the coexistence of these two worlds.
Assistant Chef:
Bryndís Sæunn S. Gunnlaugsdóttir
Cinematography:
Ólafur Rögnvaldsson
Director:
Gunnlaugur Þór Pálsson
Editor:
Anna Þóra Steinþórsdóttir
Music:
Sindri Már Sigfússon
Original Music Composer:
Atli Örvarsson
Sound Designer:
Gunnar Árnason
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