Holly Johnson insisted Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s 1984 hit wasn’t a festive song. But he was up against label ZTT’s plans for a nativity video …
, who had formed the most coveted pop-video directing unit of the early 80s and had worked on Two Tribes. “The Power of Love was like the planets aligning,” Godley says. “It’s coming up to Christmas, the song’s about love, what’s the most appropriate thing we could do? We didn’t set out to take the piss. We wanted it to be as genuine as possible, to hit some emotional marks in the song. I think the film amplifies that in a very appropriate way.
They filmed in the desert outside Jerusalem over one week in autumn 1984. Their “Bethlehem” is an abandoned Palestinian refugee camp: by the time they set up, the breeze-block huts were occupied only by wild dogs. They used local auditions to cast the holy family; several of the shepherds were indeed shepherds. One of the magi, Godley recalls, got the part by claiming to be an expert camel rider: “‘They’re my favourite animal,’ he said.
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