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