Two Birds
Two Birds (Original title: Smáfuglar) takes place during one bright summer night and follows a group of young teenagers on a journey from innocence to adulthood. The main character is a timid boy who has a typical schoolboy crush on a girl his age, who happens to be a friend of his mate. [I couldn’t find English subtitles, leave a comment if you have more luck]
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about 2 years ago
He ia actually a cute/good looking boy. It is too bad there were no subtitles but his shyness, pain, and angst was obvious and fairly easy to follow. Talk about a schoolboy crush! I t seemed like, in the end, that he undressed and got close to her to sort of take responsibility for the situation to ease her pain of the obvious rape those two older pricks did to her. It was kinda moving.
about 2 years ago
that was sweet :) and the boy is absolutely gorgeous, his eyes mesmerizes me :P he looked especially cute in the ending scene, LOL good lighting does make a diff ^__^ i wonder what would happen if the girl got pregnant… would he still take responsibility for it?
about 2 years ago
The boy reminds me to the young Wil Wheaton in “Stand by me” – really cute.
The topic of time rape was here before (AFAIR), but never so touching.
about 2 years ago
A sobering flick. The decision made near the end by him seemed borderline instinct, but impressive and heartfelt all the same. I like how responsibility, not sex, turned the boy toward adulthood.
Don’t roll when their are ugly men around.
about 2 years ago
What is meant by “roll” in your statement? I’m not aware of that particular meaning of “roll”.
about 2 years ago
Maybe rolling a joint? – Just guessing.
about 2 years ago
Beautiful & bittersweet vid, no need for subtitles, emotions,pain are pretty palpable.
Cleankut is right, don’t roll when there are nasty predators around.
about 2 years ago
Interesting …. a solid work and very intense.
about 2 years ago
I admit I had not seen this. it’s pretty good. :)
I know the neighborhood its filmed in and all,and it is a good description of some groups in Iceland…
if you want to know more of the subtitles, ask away, but they are fairly explanatory… shooting the breeze… “man talk to her…” …. :)
about 2 years ago
Thank you so much! I was looking for that short film some time ago but didn’t find it. Some friends had seen it during a short film festival (bei den Dresdner Filmnächten) and made my hungry for it.
about 2 years ago
Hi, I really love the short films you’ve been posting on the blog lately. They are all so thoughtful and have amazing cinematography. Nothing like them is made outside Europe I think. I would like to download them but I dont know what is the 7z or z file types you are using or how or what I need to view them on the computer. Can you please give instructions how to view them so I can enjoy them again? Thanks
about 2 years ago
Download 7-Zip from the following site:
http://www.7-zip.org/
Install it and then you can extract the files using the 7-Zip file Manager.
about 2 years ago
You can extract 7-zip files with pretty much every archiver e.g. 7-zip (http://bit.ly/cBRPnj), WinRAR (http://bit.ly/baErg2) or WinZIP (http://bit.ly/d0DgNM).
about 2 years ago
Thanks for the tips I can extract it now but it goes to a .flv file and my windows media player says it can’t play that? What do I need to play .flv or how do I turn it to some kind of file for windows media player? Thanks
about 2 years ago
I played it with VLC Media Player.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
about 2 years ago
I disagree with the use of words like “innocence” and “adulthood” as having opposed meanings.
In truth adulthood is not less innocent than childhood and childhood is not less “malicious” than adulthood.
Innocence is a dehumanizing myth, humans are too interesting, lively and full of desire and emotions to be innocent, at whetever age.
about 2 years ago
I need help again lol
I got VLC to work for this movie but then I tried to download 1 from the board and it was a RAR. I couldn’t get 7zip to extract the RAR it kept asking me for a password or saying insert disc with the movie file on it but i didnt save it to a disc. I downloaded winzip coz i found on google that it can do RARs but that did the same thing asking for a pw or saying insert disc. How the hell do I get these things to work? lol thanks
about 2 years ago
Looks like it was filmed in the barracks on the old US military base in Keflavik. I spent a couple of years there. The buildings at the beginning of the scene looked too familiar.
about 2 years ago
It’s actually not, it’s in Breiðholt :) but the houses look similar.
about 2 years ago
Whoa, that was some heavy stuff…
Subtitles to those who need them:
http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/subtitles/3707735/smafuglar-en
about 2 years ago
Video and subtitles:
http://theboyscouts.blogspot.com/2010/07/smafuglar-2008.html
about 2 years ago
Hi :-) Thanks for all the help with downloading and viewing videos. I found a version with subtitles. At the end, when he takes off his clothes and gets in to be with her, she wakes up and says “was I good?” he nods and then she says “I’m glad it was with you”. I won’t say why, in case people haven’t watched it yet, but knowing what they say at the end makes it quite sweet.