Enjoying the Silence

February 15th, 2010

This Dave doll was made by and kindly sent to us by our favourite German family, the Granzows, who you will know if you have seen the film. Just in case you haven’t, here’s a clip featuring them:

If you have made your own T-shirts, painted your own banners, dressed your pets up, embroidered clothes, kept diaries or done drawings of Depeche related things, we would still love to see them, so do email us. The film was finished some time ago, but we might add another page to this site of things made by devotees that we like.

In the meantime, we’re planning on taking the Dave doll to the seaside to take some snaps more in the style of the promo and post them up here…

Dave Days

February 11th, 2010

Yuri and friends in Moscow

We met Yuri in New York recently and he was so  happy that we had told some of the story of being a Russian devotee in the 1990s. We made friends through our Facebook page for the film, and saw his photos of himself as a Dave look-a-like, and asked if we could show them on this site. So there’s a new page here ‘Some Russian Devotion”, please have a look. And thank you Yuri!

Depeche Monde

February 4th, 2010

Co-director Nick Abrahams infront of the Silent Movie Theatre


Our Los Angeles shows were our best yet, so crowded that people had to stand in the aisles, and everyone laughing so much that we were rather worried… but during one of the Question and Answer sessions, someone explained it was ‘the laughter of recognition’. Phew!

Co-director Jeremy Deller with Orlando


Orlando infront of a photo of his teenage self


We were happy to catch up with Orlando, who features in the film (he managed to sit through all 3 showings!) and his mother (who only managed a paltry single screening). And we also made many new friends:

This gent who had the best hair of the evening kindly sat in the back row so as not to disrupt anyone's view.


The LA Weekly gave us a good review you can read by clicking here, and then put out another article on us you can see by clicking here.

And here’s a great photo from the first Q and A by Sara Wood Lauder, who we met at the screenings:

Behind us are Russian hands making 'heart' shapes, which pretty much sums up all the love emenating from all the devotees in the film.

Los Angeles Screenings announced!

December 28th, 2009

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Los Angeles screenings of the film just announced! 3 showings on January 29th and 30th 2010.

presented by Gavin Brown’s Enterprise in association with Art Contemporary Los Angeles and Part Time Punks

at the Silent Movie Theatre at 611 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90036

To buy tickets directly try following these links

for 8pm friday 29th January click here

for 10.30 pm friday 29th January click here

for 8pm Saturday 30th January click here

or for more details please follow this link – the ‘Posters..’ screenings are right down the bottom of the page

http://www.cinefamily.org/calendar/events.html#theposters

Artforum picks the Films of the Year

December 23rd, 2009

Nice to see one of the curators of the Whitney Museum in New York choosing our film as one of the films of the year in the magazine Artforum :

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Please click on the image to see it full sized

Sunday Telegraph on the film and the band

December 15th, 2009
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Please click on the image to read it full size

Alan Wilder Q & A

December 5th, 2009

Alan Wilder kindly took part in a question and answer session with the filmmakers and audience at the Clapham Picturehouse on December 1st, 2009, and our friends Matt Killip and Owen Oppenheimer filmed it for us. After the film we all went to the bar and Alan was the life and soul of the party, signing autographs, chatting with everyone and posing for pictures whilst the lovely Nervous Stephen and the ‘godlike’ (i’m only quoting a review! but he did invent electro and produce New Order and is a fine, fine cook!) Arthur Baker spun some classic tunes for us.

Arthur DJing at the Clapham Picturehouse

Arthur DJing at the Clapham Picturehouse


This is a shortened version of the Q&A and we may post more of it at a later date.

There is a nice review of the evening here

Alan Wilder and the film makers

Alan Wilder and the film makers

Alan with Mark, who features in the film

Alan with Mark, who features in the film

Alan Wilder, Jacqui Edenbrow, Jeremy Deller, Mike and Chris and Picturehouse Cinemas, DJ Arthur Baker, Nick Abrahams

alan wilder, jacqui the producer, jeremy deller, mike and chris picturehouse cinema chain, DJ arthur baker, nick abrahams

Sight & Sound review

December 3rd, 2009

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Some great reviews still to post. Here’s a very interesting one which looks in some detail into the film’s concerns, and its relationship to co-director Jeremy Deller’s art. Reviewer Owen Hatherley sees the film as ‘a sad, funny portrait of pop music’s multiple confusions’…

An in depth review of the film, from the UKs best film magazine.To read the full review please click here

An Appology

December 2nd, 2009

Apparently there were technical problems at two of the screenings scheduled last night December 1st at Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle and Greenwhich Picturehouse causing the shows to be cancelled. We’re really sorry about this, and we are waiting to hear if they can be rescheduled. Again, our appologies to those who did turn up only to be turned away.

4 out of 5 star review in the Guardian Newspaper

December 1st, 2009

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To read the full review please click here