Swedish Air Force helicopters + castle ruins = peak '80s excess. Roxette went HARD.
Look Sharp Live is the second concert film by Swedish pop music duo Roxette, released on 2 October 1989 on VHS format by EMI and Picture Music International.. The footage consists of two edited concerts filmed on the Borgholm Castle ruin on the Swedish Baltic Sea island of Öland on 25–26 July 1989. The project had a considerable budget, with the production crew hiring two helicopters from the Swedish Air Force to film aerial shots. Footage from this film was used to create two music videos: "Listen to Your Heart" and "Dangerous". Included as an unlisted track on all editions of the film is a remix of "The Look", which mixes the song with footage from two preexisting music videos directed by Peter Heath: "The Look" and "Dressed for Success".
Production
Swedish military helicopters for a VHS release—unhinged.
Cinematography
Borgholm ruins at golden hour, actually gorgeous.
Costume
Marie's jackets deserve their own Smithsonian wing.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Swedish Air Force charged commercial rates for the helicopters—Roxette's label actually paid the military for this shoot.
This VHS dropped months before Roxette broke massive in the US with 'Listen to Your Heart'—making it a time capsule of pre-superstardom confidence.
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