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Chris Knox directs his own face in this video for his classic love song. The camera gradually pulls out from an extreme close-up of Knox's face to reveal a living room of family and friends. Jump-cutting between images on each beat, Knox, with trademark simple but effective style, fuses lyrics, song and an impassioned performance. Interestingly, in the second part of a ScreenTalk interview for NZ On Screen, Knox admitted that he regrets adding a solarising video effect to the later part of the clip.
...Chris Knox is a person who says he doesn't write love songs. But when he finally gets around to writing one, like 'Not Given Lightly', It's one of the most beautiful songs that we have.– Songwriter Arthur Baysting, in music documentary Through the Eyes of Love (32 minutes in)
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