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Chris Knox is a musician, film critic and cartoonist. His music career began with legendary Dunedin punk band The Enemy, followed by post-punk heroes Toy Love, then the Tall Dwarfs and his own solo work.

Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd chats with Chris Knox about his life and career, in this ScreenTalk interview.

Knox has appeared as a film reviewer on arts TV shows The Edge and Backch@t, and hosted the series The New Artland. He is also the man behind the long-running Max Media cartoon strip in the NZ Herald. Knox has also hosted an Intrepid Journey to India.

As a singer-songwriter and music video director, Knox is known as a pioneer of lo-fi, DIY classics.

In this first part of the interview Roger Shepherd and Chris Knox discuss:

• Knox’s early love of film and how he first got into filmmaking

• The first footage of The Enemy, shot by cameraman Peter Janes

• Making the Toy Love video Squeeze

• Making the later Toy Love videos Rebel and Don’t Ask Me

Coming soon is part two of this interview, where Knox talks about moving into making his own videos, being a TV film reviewer and presenter, and Max Media.

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Credits: Interview by Roger Shepherd, directed by Clare O’Leary. Camera and editing by Leo Guerchmann.NZ On Screen is the home of New Zealand screen content.