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Depeche Mode 101 is a fascinating documentary co-directed by the esteemed DA Pennebaker (The War Room, Down from the Mountain), focusing on backstage realities of art and business during the synthesizer band's 1988 American tour. We see managers worrying over slow ticket sales for a stand at the Rose Bowl, observe sound checks at concert sites, get a tour of the group's multiple keyboard banks and listen with some alarm to singer David Gahan describe his steroid-based throat treatments. There are plenty of performance clips, but for music alone, Disc 2 in this package contains the uninterrupted Rose Bowl show, including the plaintive "Blasphemous Rumours", the exultant drama of "Stripped", and the dreamy "Somebody". Pennebaker's promotional video "Everything Counts" is also here, but don't miss the director's recent, touching and informative interviews with the now 40-something, individual members of Depeche Mode. --Tom Keogh
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101 Doppel DVD. Ohne Altersbeschränkung. (Polycarbonate)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This film, released around the same time as U2's Rattle and Hum, may appear at first to be vastly similar, but the fact it is a film about music is where the similarity ends. 101 is a deep insight into the people in a band on tour in America,whereas R&H showed U2 almost as godlike, DA Pennebaker takes time to touch all aspects of Depeche Mode and portray the human side, the fan side as well as the concert footage culminating in probably one of the best spectacles recorded at a concert with Dave Gahan and the 70,000 fans all waving their arms, at that point in the world for DM anything seemed possible...and it was, after this they moved into the " Big Boys" of rock with the multi-million selling and indensible "Violator". This video is an hour and a half of the life of not only a band, but the fans who follow them and all the people surrounding them all combining to make a film which encapsulated the band at that time before the parties got too out of hand. All in all anybody who has a liking for this band(and there are many who don't) should see this film at least once to see a band at the point of truly making it and knowing there world will never be the same again..
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Some fans will find this release on DVD disappointing since the extras are not really that appealing, but having 101 adapted to 5.1 surround audio sound and the faultless DVD image treatment is a treat, specially if you did buy the video long time ago and it's already falling apart. The film in itself is the most classic piece of DM video that you will find around, if you're not a long time fan and don't have anything of them on video I reccomend you to buy this, it's a classic! 101 was their last concert in Pasadena, California, during their Tour For The Masses (June 18th 1988). Simply there is no footage of a bigger and more emotional concert than this one. Fans are still waiting for World Violation Tour footage to appear on DVD, but until then releasing the classic 101 is an obvious choice. The documentary itself is very entertaining if you know how to take the kids on the bus who follow DM around the States with a pinch of salt, they can be very funny sometimes and more often that not a funny reminder of what the 80's were like! Some of these fans have been collectors of DM material till this day so they are not imposers even if in the video they look like fashion victims, but hey those were the 80's, right?
The most memorable scenes include the moments with the band before they hit the stage, the nerves, the publicity shots, the interviews, the band jokes, Dave telling a journalist a very funny anecdote of him in a fight inside a taxi, Alan telling the cameraman how to play a keyboard, the concert footage and the histeria of fans, Dave waving his hands at the audience and 70.000 souls waving back during Never let me down again (stunning!!!), the Everything Counts singalong, the shots of the audience (hilarious), etc. Very funny and insightful stuff on the band, you won't find it anywhere else, and some of the best music they've ever made! The DVD includes the original documentary and also the uncompleted live concert (what was saved from the master tapes), including: Master and servant, Pimpf, Behind the wheel, Strangelove, Blasphemous rumours, Stripped, Somebody, Black celebration, Pleasure little treasure, Just can't get enough, Everything counts, Never let me down again. + Exclusive interviews with Dave Gahan, Andy Fletcher, Martin Gore, Daniel Miller and John Kessler. Someone said in another review that it was cheap of the band to not have asked Alan Wilder to be interviewed as well, the fact is that he was asked and he politely declined!
Buy this, it's as classic DM as it gets!!!
The most memorable scenes include the moments with the band before they hit the stage, the nerves, the publicity shots, the interviews, the band jokes, Dave telling a journalist a very funny anecdote of him in a fight inside a taxi, Alan telling the cameraman how to play a keyboard, the concert footage and the histeria of fans, Dave waving his hands at the audience and 70.000 souls waving back during Never let me down again (stunning!!!), the Everything Counts singalong, the shots of the audience (hilarious), etc. Very funny and insightful stuff on the band, you won't find it anywhere else, and some of the best music they've ever made! The DVD includes the original documentary and also the uncompleted live concert (what was saved from the master tapes), including: Master and servant, Pimpf, Behind the wheel, Strangelove, Blasphemous rumours, Stripped, Somebody, Black celebration, Pleasure little treasure, Just can't get enough, Everything counts, Never let me down again. + Exclusive interviews with Dave Gahan, Andy Fletcher, Martin Gore, Daniel Miller and John Kessler. Someone said in another review that it was cheap of the band to not have asked Alan Wilder to be interviewed as well, the fact is that he was asked and he politely declined!
Buy this, it's as classic DM as it gets!!!
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Having the Video of this Road Film following Depeche Mode around their Music for The Masses (Brilliant Album) tour of the states is suberb. It also follows a group of dodgy 80's American Mode fans who win a competion to met the band and see some of the gigs. Despite this, the behind the scenes footage of the band mixed with on stage live performances is a real treat. With the added extras on this DVD it'll be a worthy addition to any Mode fans collection. Misunderstood still in the UK by many people including the media. This shows that they can fill stadiums and walk out with their heads up. The scene of Dave during Never Let Me Down Again just shows the true power of music. The view of nigh on 70,000! Yes SEVENTY THOUSAND fans, when he utters the words 'I can't see you!' is truly awe inspiring. Upgraded visually and audially for DVD will only add to the effect. Enjoy
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Record of a moment in time
When DM were kings.
It was largely unheard of for a British band to generate such hysteria in the US but an electronic band? Read more
It was largely unheard of for a British band to generate such hysteria in the US but an electronic band? Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jay M
STRIPPED - of any worthwhile content
I've waited for years to see this performance in it's entirety and finally I managed to find it on DVD. Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2004 by Paul273
DON'T BUY IT!!!
Don't get me wrong, 101 is truly entertaining, but if you have the video then don't waste your money - there is nothing extra here worth having. Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2003 by John Mellor
Still no complete 101 concert
The content of this DVD has been subject of heated discussions since it was pre-announced. First of all, there is of course the old 101 film by DA Pennebaker. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2003
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