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Shadowplayers: Factory Records and Manchester Post-Punk 1978-81 (2006)

ALL 08/21/2006 (en) Documentary 120 Min
  • Release
    08/21/2006
  • Production
    LTM Recordings
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  • Original title
    Shadowplayers: Factory Records and Manchester Post-Punk 1978-81
  • Original language
    en
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Overview

Shadowplayers is a two hour documentary film by James Nice tracing the early history of iconic Manchester Label Factory Records between 1978 and 1981. The facts and the fictions are explored through candid interviews with 22 key participants, including Anthony H. Wilson (Founder) and Peter Saville (Designer), as well as musicians including Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order), Vini Reilly (Durutti Common), Simon Topping and Martin Moscrop (A Certain Ratio), Chris Watson (Cabaret Voltaire) and Howard Devoto (Buzzcocks/Magazine). The film is divided into 19 chapters, covering subjects such as The Factory Club, sleeve art and graphic design, producer Martin Hannett, the riot at the Joy Division concert at Bury in April 1980, The Factory Beneleux connection, the tragic suicide of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, the beginnings of New Order, and the decline of the post-punk culture in 1981.

  1. James Nice

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Meachen

    Editor

  4. James Nice

    Producer



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Shadowplayers: Factory Records and Manchester Post-Punk 1978-81 (2006) 120 Min

ALL 08/21/2006 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 08/21/2006
  • Production
    LTM Recordings
  • Original title Shadowplayers: Factory Records and Manchester Post-Punk 1978-81
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Shadowplayers is a two hour documentary film by James Nice tracing the early history of iconic Manchester Label Factory Records between 1978 and 1981. The facts and the fictions are explored through candid interviews with 22 key participants, including Anthony H. Wilson (Founder) and Peter Saville (Designer), as well as musicians including Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order), Vini Reilly (Durutti Common), Simon Topping and Martin Moscrop (A Certain Ratio), Chris Watson (Cabaret Voltaire) and Howard Devoto (Buzzcocks/Magazine). The film is divided into 19 chapters, covering subjects such as The Factory Club, sleeve art and graphic design, producer Martin Hannett, the riot at the Joy Division concert at Bury in April 1980, The Factory Beneleux connection, the tragic suicide of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, the beginnings of New Order, and the decline of the post-punk culture in 1981.

  1. James Nice

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Meachen

    Editor

  4. James Nice

    Producer



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