101 (album)
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| Live album by Depeche Mode | ||||
| Released | 13 March 1989 | |||
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Pasadena Rose Bowl 18 June 1988 |
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| Genre | Synthpop, alternative dance, new wave, electronic rock | |||
| Length | 95:45 | |||
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Mute Sire (US/Canada) |
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| Producer | Depeche Mode | |||
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| Video by Depeche Mode | ||||
| Released | 1989/2003 | |||
| Recorded | 18 June 1988 Rose Bowl, Pasadena |
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| Genre | Synthpop, industrial | |||
| Length | 117:00 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
| Director | D. A. Pennebaker | |||
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| Rolling Stone (2003) (video) | favorable |
101 is a live album and documentary by English electronic band Depeche Mode released in 1989 chronicling the final leg of the band's 1987/1988 Music for the Masses Tour and the final show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena which was held on 18 June, 1988.
Group member Alan Wilder is credited with coming up with the name; the performance was the 101st and final performance of the tour (and coincidentally also the number of a famous highway in the area). The film was directed and produced by D.A. Pennebaker.
The band's original concept for the film "101" was going to be about how Depeche Mode fit into the 1980s. They had considered shooting the documentary with an "experienced director," but felt that the (unnamed) choice was going to do something "too glossy." Wanting to present something more interesting, Depeche Mode reached out to renowned documentarian D.A. Pennebaker, who discarded this initial concept for the film, feeling that it was "impossible to examine in an entertainingly cinematic fashion."
Ultimately, the film focused on what Depeche Mode considered to be their strongest selling point - their live performance - as well as capturing the spirit of their fan base. The film prominently features a group of young fans travelling across America as winners of a "be-in-a-Depeche-Mode-movie-contest," which culminates at Depeche Mode's landmark concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
The film does not depict the full Rose Bowl concert, instead showing interspersed snippets of the band, the "bus kids" and live performances recorded throughout the tour. The 2003 reissue included more concert footage, but as Pennebaker "was shooting a documentary, not a concert film," a complete video record of the Rose Bowl concert does not exist.
Pennebaker used his direct cinema approach, which he described as "letting the camera run as unobtrusively as possible, thereby encouraging events to unfold on their own. ... You edit more and the film changes every three days, but [the band] were very nice and patient about it."
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