When Fiona wasn’t being Fiona From The Headless Chickens, she was bringing the gift of songcraft to the Strawpeople. “Trick with a Knife” is a dark and moody song, and Fiona lets her voice get really high.
The video is a crazy noir, where a smoking man in a chair awaits the arrival of a woman who transforms her boyish looks with the help of a sequinned catsuit and a boofy blonde wig. There are many meaningful glances between them, including an incredible slow zoom into the man’s crotch.
Mark and Paul from the Strawpeople make cameos in flashes of grainy film, and I don’t think Fiona even appears in it, making things even more mysterious.
Best bit: a close up of a 50 cent coin (the old giant chunky one), with which the man nervously plays.
Directors: Mark Tierney, Paul Casserly
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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Who is the actress in the video, do you know? Looks familiar.
Sorry, I don’t know! But yeah, she does look familiar. I’m thinking maybe she was on a TV series around 25 years ago?