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Duet (Lonely I Be)

Steve Abel , Music Video – 2006

from the album Little Death (2006)

This moody black and white video saw musician Steve Abel collaborating with director Florian Habicht (Kaikohe Demolition). The video moves between two puppets on a lonely plain, and close-ups of Abel and the guest vocalist who accompanies him: Goldenhorse's Kirsten Morrell. The song was taken from Abel's award-winning debut album Little Death (2006). Abel had contributed to the soundtrack of Habicht's breakthrough movie Woodenhead; later he called on Habicht to direct the Berlin-shot video for his song 'Best Thing' (2016). The puppets were created by New Zealander Oliver Smart.

Unitec let us use a space for two weeks to build the set. We used moss to make the puppet set, and Kirsten and I were shot in my flat in Kingsland using a greenscreen. The puppets have independent careers in Oly Smart's European traveling puppetry show.
– Co-director Steve Abel

Key Cast & Crew

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Steve Abel

Co-Director

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Oliver Smart

Puppetry

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Florian Habicht

Co-Director

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Christopher Pryor

Cinematographer

Source

Private Collection