Still from Maybe I Should Have.
The second documentary on the economic crash, Gunnar Sigurdsson’s and Herbert Sveinbjörnsson’s Maybe I Should Have, opens in Reykjavik on Friday. Sigurdsson, who has a background in theatre, appeared on the national stage in the wake of the 2008 crash, leading a citizen’s group conducting large televised meetings with politicians being asked tough questions. He has since gone bankrupt and tells his story in the film, as well as searching for answers to what really happened to the Icelandic economy.
The poster. Click to enlarge.
The film’s name refers to a much mocked remark made by former prime minister Geir Haarde in a BBC interview last year (the excerpt can be seen here, click on the top video).
The film’s website describes it thus:
“What do you do when you find yourself in the peculiar situation of becoming bankrupt because of the dreams of businessmen to own the world and the government’s inability to protect the common man. Gunnar Sigurðsson “director” had no doubts about what he had to do. In his mind what you do is that you go out there and seek answers. What on earth was going on behind the scenes to make it possible for this to happen ,pretty much overnight?
In the film Gunnar visits the „Business Vikings”, politicians, reporters and members of the public at various locations. This quest for answers takes him all over the world including , London, New York, Washington as well as the Island of Tortola.
The answers and explanations are as varied as his encounters are many but most seem to agree that the so called Key-figures in our democracy have failed us abysmally.”
Film is produced by Lilja Skaftadottir at Argoutfilm.
