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18 October 2007

Trivia: Film director Lasse Hallström may be best known for films like Chocolat, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and The Cider House Rules, but he got his start making (pre-MTV) music videos [More:]for the Swedish group ABBA.

The "promo clips," as they were called then, for songs like Take A Chance On Me and The Name Of The Game are probably best remembered for their subsequent parodies:

Not The Nine O'Clock News (w/ Rowan Atkinson)
French & Saunders
Erasure
Abba tribute act Bjorn Again, covering an Erasure song (because of Erasure's EP of Abba songs... gayest turf war EVAR)
the movie Muriel's Wedding

By comparison, Hallström's clip for the song "Chiquitita" is pretty dull: the band are on a stage made to look like a snowy mountaintop, playing in front of a giant snowman. But it's not completely without interest- just as the song is wrapping up, around 4:32, somebody's toddler goes running out behind the band, then freezes. I can just imagine Hallestrom yelling, "DON'T MOVE!" because apparently, the band didn't want to do a second take, and the mistake was left in the video.

And that is your useless Swedish 70's pop trivia for the day.
Thanks BoPo! That was fun.
posted by richat 18 October | 12:08
Thank you! I always fill in some missing gap of info from you, BP!
posted by chewatadistance 18 October | 12:53
Heh! The kid in the Chiquitita vid is pretty funny as he inches slightly forward to try and hide better behind the non-bearded guy.
posted by TheDonF 18 October | 13:17
Ha! Nice. I really had no idea.
posted by sleepy_pete 18 October | 14:16
Geez, I don't think I realized that he did What's Eating Gilbert Grape. I guess I noticed his name first with The Shipping News (2005), which I think is great. I also really liked the Redford/Freeman/Jennifer Lopez movie An Unfinished Life.
posted by spock 21 October | 00:28
This is a family mysteries thread... || o.O

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