Live from the Arctic Circle

Getting ready for Sheffield

Jon Gustafsson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:04:36 +0000

Sheffield Doc Fest coming up!

Posted in Film Festivals, Filmmaking, Travel Tagged: Crashland, documentaries

Wrath of Gods starring Gerard Butler again available on Amazon

Jon Gustafsson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:41:46 +0000

Wrath of Gods documentary is again available on Amazon.com

The 2009 re-release of the documentary Wrath of Gods (with Gerard Butler) is now available on Amazon.com. Buy a copy.

Posted in Filmmaking Tagged: Documentary, DVD, Gerard Butler, Wrath of Gods

Reykjadalur (Smokey Valley) Iceland

Jon Gustafsson — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:54:07 +0000

Posted in Iceland Tagged: Iceland, Reykjadalur

Away from the disaster-zone

Jon Gustafsson — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:13:12 +0000

Paris is good as always. The apartment seems bigger every time I stay there. It’s good to get away from the disaster zone back in Iceland.

Posted in Travel Tagged: Paris

The krona is dead. Long live the krona.

Jon Gustafsson — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:28:11 +0000

I’m afraid that the sate of our currency (the Icelandic krona = IKR) can best be expressed/explained with this video:

Posted in Iceland, Life Tagged: financial crisis, Iceland, krona

Wrath of Gods SOLD OUT – 1 copy on Amazon for $58 !!!

Jon Gustafsson — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:55:20 +0000

Wrath of Gods is sold out. Someone is selling a used copy on Amazon for $58.

The North American version of Wrath of Gods (with Gerard Butler) DVD is sold out. There are no more new copies left anywhere. I just found this on Amazon.com. Someone is offering one copy for $58. This version will not be produced again, but I am working on a final version, with subtitles in German and Spanish and never before seen footage. Still haven’t decided if it will go into production.

Posted in Filmmaking, Wrath of Gods Tagged: DVD, Filmmaking, Gerard Butler, movies, Wrath of Gods

Gerard Butler beats up a paparazzo – Finally!

Jon Gustafsson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:40:37 +0000

Gerard Butler kicks paparazzo ass according to the Icelandic yellow press.

All I can say is FINALLY!!! Gerry has been way too cool and controlled given everything that has been going on around him. Even the Icelandic yellow press has this!!! But those silly journalists mention 300 and Tomb Raider, but forget to mention that he co-produced Wrath of Gods!… and, yes… played Beowulf. The article reminded me of the stories of how he used to fight all the time as a teenager, back when he first met Tony Curran (see the long interview on the Wrath of Gods DVD) The only thing this will do is raise his profile. I’m not sure he needs more attention though. He’s everywhere these days. I thought the in-flight version of Nim’s Island was better than the one I saw in the Chinese Theater.

Nim's Island on Icelandair

Posted in Fame, Iceland, Wrath of Gods Tagged: Gerard Butler, Icelandair, Jon Gustafsson, Tony Curran, Wrath of Gods

End of summer

Jon Gustafsson — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:43:59 +0000

Lighthouse at Grotta, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland. End of summer 2008. (click on the photo to see a bigger version)

Really feels like it’s gone. Hope I get one more trip into the mountains though.

iPhone comes in handy

Jon Gustafsson — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:57 +0000

Sunset, Reykjavik, Iceland August 27, 2008. iPhone comes in handy when i don't have a real camera on me.

The Big Party Weekend

Jon Gustafsson — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:52:22 +0000

The big August long weekend is here. Thousands of people are camping out at these big drunken orgy festivals, but not me. I went for a hike around Ölkelduháls and Reykjadalur (Steam Valley). If you ever get to Iceland you should try to find this place. At the top of the valley you find the source of Reykjadals-river, actually two sources, one hot and one not so hot. Where those two meet is a very popular bathing spot.