Original Article By Stein Ostbo - (Translation by Sabine Clement) Video director Phillip St”zl goes straight from a celebrated assignment for Madonna to a-ha.St”zl is namely the man behind the video for Madonna's 'American Pie', which left its mark on charts all around the world earlier this spring. His next assignment will be a-ha's second single from their comeback album, the title song 'Minor Earth Major Sky'.
In other words, Phillip St”zl is all but a nobody in the international community of video directors. He also directed the video for the latest James Bond theme song, 'The World Is Not Enough', by Garbage.
To England
The 'Minor Earth Major Sky' single will enter the market in, among other countries, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain and Norway, as soon as the video has been edited. The video will be shot in Czechia this weekend.
But first, a-ha will travel to England, where they will attend TV tapings for MTV, VH1 and CNN. As a matter of fact, 'Minor Earth Major Sky' occupies the 11th spot on CNN's WorldBeat charts, which is quite remarkable, considering that the album has only been released in a few countries so far.
Magne Furuholmen, from his part, was present in Stavanger last Sunday afternoon, to present a selection of his art production to the Dalai Lama.