
Annons

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Yeah, we actually got the footage from NRK, which is Norway's state broadcaster. So yeah, it's real. And one of the things I watched when I researched the film was your documentary, True Norwegian Black Metal, a couple of times. And I looked in your books and everything. That's fantastic. Is that why her make-up is so similar to the make-up the guys in TNBM have?
Yeah. Has metal ever been a huge part of the culture in Iceland in the same way that it's been in Norway and Sweden?
I wouldn't say big. Metal has always been kind of an outsider's culture. And when I was growing up it was really hard to get hold of albums, so I had to order them from London and stuff. It was really hard to get them in the record stores in Iceland. We had very few metal bands in Iceland, maybe two or three. But today the metal scene is getting bigger and bigger. It's not more mainsteram, but I think it's more accepted in a way. I think music genres fuse more today than what they did 25 years ago. A lot of bands are fusing metal with post-rock or whatever. I think it's more varied today than what it used to be. It's more hip and cool to listen to mellow music today than what it was 30 years ago. I get you. In the scene when Hera's brother Baldur dies, was there a particular reason to why you chose to have his hair stuck in the tractor?
Yeah. It's one of those things that got stuck in my head from when I was a kid. I remember a news story about a long-haired kid who had this happening to him. And that got stuck with me. As a kid, I was really scared to go to farms in the countryside and watch all the machinery. I always thought about this piece of information from the paper or something about that kid having his hair stuck in the drive shaft of a tractor. So that was probably one of the first scenes of the movie that came to me. And maybe he would have survived if he didn't have that long hair. I thought it was pretty strong as well because long hair is typically associated with metal music.
Yes, definitely. Can you tell me something fun that happened when you shot the film?
It was a pretty nice shoot. But it was a bit hard to shoot in the middle of the winter in the countryside. We had to stay outside for long periods of time and spend a lot of time on the road. But I'll tell you about something that isn't funny at all. I really wanted to have snow in the film. But the location I chose for the film, the farm – and I had no idea about this: My set director went out looking for places and got back with photos, and one photo was of this farm and it was covered in snow and ice. So I though that this was the perfect place. But he scouted that location on the only day it had snowed for the past four years. So we had a problem with no snow in the film. We were shooting in November and December 2012, and waited to January and February to get those snow scenes, but it never snowed! So all the snow in the film is post-production. Oh, you wouldn't expect that to happen in Iceland.
No that's really weird.And sad. Thanks, Ragnar!Metalhead premieres in Sweden today. Check out the Facebook page for updates and other premiere dates.@caisasoze
