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filmmakers have received less attention than they merit. World Film Locations: Reykjavk corrects this imbalance, shedding new light on the role of cinema in a country that, partly because of its small population, produces more films per capita than any other in the world.The contributors to this volume trace cinema in Iceland from the 1979 establishment of the Icelandic Film Fundbefore which the countrys film industry barely existedthrough today. In a series of illuminating scene reviews, they show how rapidly the city has changed over the past thirty years. In thematic spotlight articles, they go on to explore such topics as the relationship between Iceland and its capital city; youth culture and night life; the relationship between film and the local music community; cinematic representations of Scandinavian crime; and filmmakers response to the 2008 banking crisis. Together, these varied contributions show how films shot in Reykjavk have been shaped both by Icelands remoteness from the rest of the world and by Icelandic filmmakers sense that the city remains forever on the brink of desolate and harsh wilderness.