101

101 is a live album and documentary by Depeche Mode released in 1989 chronicling the final leg of the band's Music for the Masses Tour and the final show at the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Group member Alan Wilder is credited with coming up with the name; the performance was the 101st and final performance of the tour . 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 80s. The band had considered shooting the documentary with an "experienced director," but felt that the choice was going to do... something too "glossy," and they wanted something more interesting, so they agreed to use D.A. Pennebaker. Pennebaker discarded the band's initial concept for the film, feeling that it was "impossible to examine in an entertainingly cinematic fashion." Instead, the movie follows a group of fans who are travelling across America as winners of a "be-in-a-Depeche-Mode-movie-contest," culminating in a live recording of Depeche Mode's show at the Rose Bowl, where in excess of 60,000 people were in attendance.
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