Inni by Sigur Rós at the Lakeside Theatre
Inni is the second ‘live’ film by Sigur Rós, following a tour documentary from 2007 called Heima. That film was a lavish affair, following the band around Iceland. Inni couldn’t be more different.
Originally filmed at Ally Pally in 2008, the footage for Inni was then transferred to 16mm film, projected on a screen and re-filmed with effects created by placing translucent objects in front of the projection. [1. http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/09/16/140471649/first-watch-sigur-r-s-inni]
The result is quite staggering. You are immersed in an exceptionally lo-res black and white world, with a feeling of being at one end of a dark tunnel with the band at the other. At times, it felt like watching a silent movie with a musical accompaniment.
I’ve had the pleasure of watching Sigur Rós live 3 times, twice at the Hammersmith Apollo. The sound quality of their live performance is, literally, breathtaking. Inni isn’t the best place to start if you’ve no knowledge of the band, but as a cinematic example of how it feels to be at a Sigur Rós concert it was exquisite.
Complements must go to The Lakeside Theatre for deciding to show the film. I’ve not been back to the University of Essex campus since working there almost 10 years ago. It’s pretty exciting to see how much it’s changed.
