| Frida: The DVD | |
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| Produced by | Mats Jankell |
| Starring | Anni-Frid Lyngstad |
| Narrated by | Anni-Frid Lyngstad |
| Edited by | Lotta Jankell, Micke Eklind |
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| Distributed by | Universal Music Group |
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Running time | 3:25:00(total) |
| Country | Sweden |
| Languages | Swedish,English |
Frida: The DVD is a Swedish documentary film that covers the singing career ofAnni-Frid Lyngstad, also known as Frida, one of the four members of Swedish pop groupABBA, on her life from her beginning days as adansband singer through her ABBA years and to her post-ABBA years. Produced by interviewer Mats Jankell, the DVD was released byUniversal on 5 December 2005.[1][2][3]
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Producer Mats Jankell's interview with Anni-Frid Lyngstad was filmed on 22 July 2005, in the Swiss restaurant, Chez Vrony, atZermatt, Switzerland,[4] accompanied with the background of theMatterhorn.
Frida reminisces about her entire career, her private life, her audience, her friends and about the person she is today. From her television debut in 1967 with "En Ledig Dag" (A Day Off), to the television performances she made inGermany, in 2004, performing "The Sun Will Shine Again", together with keyboardistJon Lord of the English hard rock group,Deep Purple. Frida describes her singing technique, stage performances, and studio work. She explains how songs were recorded and performed. In the accompanying clips, there is rare footage that shows Lyngstad singingjazz andschlager numbers recorded forSveriges Television (SVT). Frida also speaks about ABBA and how she andAgnetha Fältskog developed as singers as ABBA's recordings grew more and more complex over the years.[citation needed]
A one-hour TV-documentary about the recording and making of the albumSomething's Going On is included in this DVD. SVT filmed the whole recording process from day one in the studio to the release party, when the album was completed. This program includes interviews with Lyngstad, producer and drummerPhil Collins, ABBA colleaguesBjörn Ulvaeus andBenny Andersson, as well as most of the musicians that contributed and took part in the recording.[citation needed]
The DVD also contains other promotional clips of Frida in her international solo period, after ABBA informally disbanded in 1982, and a television documentary about the making and recording of her 1996 albumDjupa andetag (Deep Breaths), produced byAnders Glenmark, titledFrida: mitt i livet (Frida: Middle of Life). The television documentary includes studio footage, behind the scenes of the music video of the single "Även En Blomma" ("Even a flower"), and the filming of Frida in her Spanish house inMallorca, where the photo sessions ofDjupa andetag were taken at.[citation needed]
Frida: The DVD was simultaneously released asFrida: 4×CD 1×DVD, aboxed set combining the DVD with her albumsFrida ensam,Something's Going On,Shine, andDjupa andetag on CD.[4]