[Note: I apologize for the poor visual quality of this video; it was made from a PAL-format (European) VHS tape that was copied from a Betamax master, since lost.]
This corporate-image film was a job I shouldn’t have taken; the production was all about management, which is not my strong suit; I am an “artist” who likes to call the shots; but I had to sun-contract the production of this show because it was a film, not a slide show | Wim Robberechts got hired to act as cameraman; he was to provide us (Emms and I) with footage which we would edit and assemble at Incredible Imagers studio | Wim was the brother of my most important client, Jan Robberechts, Managing Director of Burson-Marsteller Brussels; he was big, burly, intimidating, and didn’t take well to direction; he was used to being in charge, of calling the shots; too many chiefs, not enough Indians | John Emms, who cut his teeth editing the Colgate image film two months earlier, managed to master editing on this film; the shooting may be a little stiff and contrived, but Emms editing is smooth as glass; he never misses a beat | Lyrics and melody for “Go Saab Turbo” song by Douglas Mesney; produced in Los Angeles by Geoff Levin Music; I have never been happy by the vocals; to my ear, the singers sound insincere | Footnote: Filip Järnehag and I drove the red, Saab 900 convertible, featured in the film, back to Stockholm; I got a speeding ticket; then the car was stolen, from right in front of my studio, at Hornsgatan 100, where I parked it |More information at mesney.com.
