Amason 'I Want To Know What Love Is' by Filip Nilsson
Luke Bather - 10th May 2016
The eternal search for love. The eternal search for the world's favourite cryptid. One in the same, surely? Amason's straight-faced cover of Foreigner's nearly ridiculous '80s gem gets the visual accompaniment of a ridiculous idea played totally deadpan for some surprisingly poetic results.
There's not much to be said about this video that isn't covered by Filip Nilsson's wonderful, hyperbolic backstory. So it's probably best if I leave it to him...
FILIP NILSSON:
"I first heard Amason play the song live, in the summer 2015. It completely swept my feet and reminded me about my longtime friend Erick, the man in the video, who once told me that he can’t even remember the sensation of love.
"As I’m already blessed to live with a person who shows me love, I shortly after the concert called Erick to ask how he was, and if he wanted to tell me more about his solitude? During this call, that went on all night, I came across a study that said that the Yeti (in some civilizations called Bigfoot) is the most loving creature around.
"Erick could instantly see why, just like him he thought, the Yeti was misunderstood in all its attempts to intimacy. So we decided there and then, me still high on emotions from the tone, to let everything else be and find the Yeti.
"We travelled for six months and the search took us to Brazil, Sweden and Switzerland. The video shows pieces of the quest, and what other music to complement it, then the tune that started it all?
"As far as I know Erick is still single."
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Filip Nilsson
- Producer
- Erick Lundqvist
- Producer
- Filip Nilsson
- Production Company
- Folke Film
- Executive Producer
- Joi Persson
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Daniel Tackács
- 2nd AC
- Bella Gavelin
Wardrobe
- Hair
- Tobias Bergman
- Make-up
- Gunnar Nyström
Casting
- Lead actor
- Erick Lundqvist
Editorial
- Editor
- Filip Nilsson
- Editor
- Johan Kjellberg
Grading
- Colourist
- Annika Pehrsson
- Grading company
- Swiss International, Stockholm
VFX
- VFX
- Joel Lindman
- Post production company
- Swiss International, Stockholm
- Post Producer
- Erik Holmedal
Agent
- Director's Representation
- Folke Film
Other credits
Lead 3-D Artist
Andreas Leijon
Colorist
Annika Pehrson
Compositing
Kristian Zdunek
Compositing
Jon Wesström
Compositing
Robin Zeijlon
Luke Bather - 10th May 2016