Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason on his film Godland Godland begins, like Fargo, with a title card announcing a spurious real-life inspiration for the film: in this case, a cache of seven wet-plate photographs, taken by a Danish priest in the 19th century, that are the first known pictures of South Iceland. The film purports to … Continue reading “For me, it’s always about building up towards an image”