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GreenCine Daily found this 2/29/2008 on www.villagevoice.com [flag]
A blockbuster in its native Iceland, adapted from Arnaldur Indridason's 2000 bestseller, this somber, sinewy police procedural by the talented actor-writer-director Baltasar Kormakur ( The Sea ) could pass for an episode of CSI: Reykjavik , only with less high-tech gimmickry, more pavement-pounding, and a head-clearing view of crime as anything but a cool diversion. The discovery of a ... [link]

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Published 2/29/2008 at GreenCine Daily
... ) could pass for an episode of CSI: Reykjavik, only with less high-tech gimmickry, more pavement-pounding, and a head-clearing view of crime as anything but a cool diversion," writes Jim Ridley in the Voice. ...

Screenwriting News & Links! 3/1/08
Published 3/2/2008 by Mystery Man at Mystery Man on Film
... ) could pass for an episode of CSI: Reykjavik, only with less high-tech gimmickry, more pavement-pounding, and a head-clearing view of crime as anything but a cool diversion," writes Jim Ridley in the Voice. The New York Times' ...

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