Cover Image

Vanskabte Land = Volaða Land = Godland /

Show other versions (1)

"The struggle between the strictures of religion and humankind's brute animal nature plays out amid the beautifully forbidding landscapes of remote Iceland in this stunning psychological epic from director Hlynur Pl̀mason. In the late nineteenth century, Danish priest Lucas made the perilo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Godland (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Hlynur Pálmason, 1984- (Screenwriter), Hove, Elliott Crosset, 1988- (Actor), Ingvar Sigurðsson, 1963- (Actor), Sonne, Victoria Carmen, 1994- (Actor), Lohmann, Jacob, 1974- (Actor), Hilmar Guðjónsson, 1981- (Actor), Sandø, Waage, 1943- (Actor), Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir (Actor), Hausswolff, Maria von (Cinematographer), Dirty Beaches, 1980- (composer (expression)), Rowin, Michael Joshua (Writer of accompanying material)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:Icelandic
Danish
Language Notes:Icelandic and Danish dialogue; English subtitles.
Published: [New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2023]
Series:Janus contemporaries.
Subjects:
Priests > Drama.
Temptation > Drama.
Nature > Drama.
Iceland > Drama.
Nature
Priests
Temptation
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Description
Summary:"The struggle between the strictures of religion and humankind's brute animal nature plays out amid the beautifully forbidding landscapes of remote Iceland in this stunning psychological epic from director Hlynur Pl̀mason. In the late nineteenth century, Danish priest Lucas made the perilous trek to Iceland's Southeastern coast to establish a church. There, the arrogant man of God finds his resolve tested as he confronts the harsh terrain, temptations of the flesh, and the reality of being an intruder in an unforgiving land. What unfolds is a transfixing journey into the heart of colonial darkness--one that's attuned to both the majesty and the terrifying power of the natural world."--Container.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2022.
Insert includes essay "Godland: Trepasses" written by Michael Joshua Rowin.
Full screen (1.33:1)
Includes trailer and Meet the filmmakers, a new interview with the director.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Format:Blu-ray; region A; aspect ratio (1.33:1); DTS-HD master audio 5.1; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Maria von Hausswolff ; editor, Julius Krebs Damsbo ; composer, Alex Zhang Hungtai.
ISBN:9798886070842