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RELEASE         : Depeche.Mode.Strange.Strange.Too.1988.1990.COMPLETE.MBLURAY-MIDDLE

DATE            : 2023/12/08

RUNTIME         : 1h01m

AUDIO           : LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit

VIDEO           : [1920  |  1080]
SUBS            : [n/a]

GENRE           : Electronic
IMDB            : n/a
RATING          : n/a

COMMENT         : Depeche Mode s video/film collections Strange (1988) and Strange Too (1990) are
brought together for a blu-ray and DVD release in December.

Only ever issued on VHS and Laserdisc, these collections of music videos and short films
by Anton Corbijn were undertaken for, arguably, their two best albums 1987 s Music For The
Masses and 1990 s Violator (although the final Black Celebration single,  A Question of Time ,
also features on Strange).

This new combined collection presents 11 Anton Corbijn/Depeche Mode music films, newly restored
from original Super 8mm sources, alongside six previously unseen outtake  vignettes  from the DM
archives. When assembling the final edits for Strange and Strange Too, Corbijn created a visual
running order where the individual music videos are perceived as one continuous film, with additional
interstitial content not seen in the original promo clips.

Remembering the filming, Corbijn says  The idea to make this into a connected series of little films
and fake interviews came late into the process of shooting these. I was shooting all the films myself
on black & white Super 8 film. We put all this together on a shoestring budget; those were the days.
We have to look at these films in the light of us being young; we were experimenting and I am happy
were given that space at the time by Daniel Miller.

STRANGE

01. A Question of Time
02. Strangelove
03. Never Let Me Down Again
04. Behind the Wheel
05. Pimpf

Outtake vignettes

01. Strangelove
02. Behind the Wheel
03. Behind the Wheel (Shep Pettibone Mix)

STRANGE TOO

01. Personal Jesus
02. Policy of Truth
03. Enjoy the Silence
04. Clean
05. Halo
06. World in My Eyes

Outtake vignettes

01. Personal Jesus (Acoustic)
02. Policy of Truth
03. Policy of Truth (Trancentral Mix)