Visually Stunning and Emotionally Moving DVD
I have been a fan of Sigur Ros for a long time now and I first came across Heima when the band made it available on YouTube for fans. I was hooked within seconds.

There is a special blend of live footage, interviews and art that captures you and moves you. The live performances vary profoundly: from epic stage shows to sitting around a warm fire with friends and family and improvising with their music, and on top of this you have breathtaking clips of Iceland to accompany the music.

You get the feeling from the band that they are just fantastic people and the community spirit in Iceland is unbelievable, and I for one really want to visit it someday.

5 Stars from me!

Staggeringly great
Heima is a work of utter genius.

The visuals alone make this a DVD well worth viewing. Iceland is like no other place on earth, raw and desolate in places but always beautiful.

The music is even more better. If there is a more beautiful song on this earth than the version of Von included here, then I haven't heard it. Fantastic versions of Starálfur, �gætis Byrjun, Hoppípolla and Heima are other highlights, with a truly immense version of traditional set-closer Popplagið that will leave you breathless by the time it ends in a wail of feedback.

The movie itself is wonderful, and it is accompanied by a second disc that includes full performances of all the songs in the movie. Of course this is all in glorious Dolby Digital or DTS 5.1.

It all adds up to an incredible audio-visual experience, and in my opinion the best music DVD ever.

Simply stunning
I can only reiterate what has already been said. This is not just a music DVD, but rather a work of art to be compared with the best albums of all times.

The sound quality is such that you dont even realise they are playing live during most of the film as its so good, and the video quality....well there is nothing to stay but spectacular! We went to Iceland this year for our vacation, and it is simply amazing. They have captured the feeling that the group wants to give while travelling around.

Even if you are only vaguely familiar with Sigur Ros, you will enjoy this DVD immensely, and if you are a fan and dont have it, then dont even think....just order it!

A class act, a great DVD.
A really great addition to my music DVD collection. One to enjoy on many levels,the photography of the superb landscapes,and the very special talents of this band. It really hits you,that here are people who enjoy and love making great music. No sunglasses for interviews, no stylists, and you would assume no 200kg minders lurking in the background.This one is definitely a class act.

Very Powerful
Following their 2006 world tour Sigur Ros arrive home and embark on a free and unannounced tour of their native Iceland,'Heima' is a two disc document of this tour.The first disc includes interviews with the group who explain why the gigs take place in such unusual and rural 'venues' in the outskirts of Iceland including school halls,town halls,disused dams and small fields.As the reasons for playing at these locations are explained you realise that Sigur Ros are very aware of Iceland's geography,history and culture and are reluctant to let Western influence spoil a deep,rich tradition.I smiled when drummer Orri Pall Dyrason explained the reason for playing in a disused but once thriving fish processing factory in the ghost town of Djupavic-"We just wanted to bring some life back to the place for one more time".
Disc 2 is an elongated but no less intriguing affair which is taken up with all the music from disc 1 but includes delightful shots of the band visiting a museum, a chapel and village hall functions.
The viewer could be forgiven for mistaking 'Heima' as a film/documentary about Iceland with Sigur Ros providing the soundrack.Footage of the bleak,beautiful landscape with camera shots of drying clothes,children playing on beaches and dogs wandering inbetween speakers,wires and instruments while Sigur Ros perform songs in the open-air is an unusual breath of fresh air.This music,intense and beautiful set to the stunning scenery of caves,fjords,snow-capped mountains,icy rivers and remote disused buildings provides such a refreshing change to the sometimes transparent 'Western Pop' culture as we know it.The film of the group attending functions and dining with their fellow countrymen,women and children is a lovely touch and is almost as absorbing as the music itself.Iceland's people,religion and landscape really do play a large part in this moving and beautiful film.No cheering crowds or close up camera shots here,just a group of young musicians not basking in the limelight but modestly displaying their talent while showing their appreciation,admiration and love for their country,culture and people.
With 'Heima' Sigur Ros have re-invented the 'rock' film.
You will not have seen another music documentary quite like this.

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