Pass This On

Sweden

2003

4 Min

Color

1.33:1

English

Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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CAST Rickard Engfors, Olof Dreijer, Karin Dreijer Andersson

Or “Sympathy for the Tranny.” The Knife’s 8-bit calypso number is the appropriately fragile/brazen soundtrack for this video’s simple but elegant moment out of time. A flaxen haired, spider-limbed female impersonator takes the mic in a rustic chalet. A woman in the small audience gets up out of her seat. Is she leaving? A glaring thug approaches the stage. Is he going to end her song by force? No, they’re both moved by the music, and soon everyone is dancing. Except for one young woman, whose blank stare closes out the video on a question mark. –Slant Magazine

The music video for the song was directed by Johan Renck in which female impersonator Rickard Engfors is lip-synching a playback of the song in a room. Both members of The Knife, Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, are visible in the video: Dreijer is seen dancing next to Engfors and Andersson is seen sitting at a table looking at them at the end of the video. –Wikipedia

Director

Johan Renck

Bo Johan Renck (born 5 December 1966) is a Swedish musician (under the stage name Stakka Bo), music video director, and film director.

He has directed music videos for a number of artists including Kylie Minogue’s “Love at First Sight”, All Saints’ “Black Coffee”, Madonna’s “Hung Up” and “Nothing Really Matters”, Robbie Williams’s “Tripping” and “She’s Madonna”, The Libertines’ “What Became of the Likely Lads”, Suede’s “She’s in Fashion”, New Order’s “Crystal”, Beyoncé Knowles’ “Me, Myself and I”, The Knife’s “Pass This On”, Fever Ray’s “Seven” and Bat for Lashes’ “Daniel”.

In TV, has directed episode 205 from AMC’s “Breaking Bad”. Renck recently completed his first feature film, Downloading Nancy, which was premiered at 2008 Sundance Film Festival on 21 January 2008 in Park City, Utah. He will direct the fourth episode of The Walking Dead. –Wikipedia

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chanandre

24Nov11

Great song. Like the video clip. Love the band. Detail: not A film. Not Cinema. Not even a movie nor a flick. Why is it on Mubi? Are we getting Alf and MacGyver here too? Desperate Housewifes? Bah. (Did like his New Order's Crystal. First time I saw a video with music by new order, was a kid and was very impressed by it).

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