Spirits In The Forest – The Fan Interviews. Part 2: Cristian Flueraru

The second of our exclusive interviews ahead of the release of Spirits In The Forest is with Cristian Flueraru who is from Bucharest. He spoke to David McElroy at the London preview of the film on 30th October. When did you first find out you were going to be involved in the film? I think it was early spring 2018. I received an email and, from that, I thought that it was only going to be a two minute thing so I replied saying that I would be happy to be involved. There was then silence for a couple of months and I started to worry that nothing would happen. I then heard from them again,...

Spirits In The Forest – The Fan Interviews. Part 1 : Daniel Cassus

Ahead of the release of Spirits In The Forest, we have been interviewing a number of the fans who take part in the film. The first interview is with Daniel Cassus from Berlin. David McElroy caught up with Daniel in London on 30th October at the preview screening of the film. When did you 1st find out your were going to be involved in the making of the film? I think it was some time in early 2018. The takeover had just finished, so it was around April. The people who ran the takeover kept teasing us with emails saying "it's not over yet, we’ve still got some surprises left for you"...

Spirits In The Forest preview report

Earlier this week, and ahead of its release on 21 November, the Curzon Mayfair in London hosted a preview of the film followed by a Q&A with its director Anton Corbijn. Thanks to my Halo co-author Kevin May I was able to attend and I have to say that I really enjoyed the film. It's not a Depeche Mode concert film by any stretch of the imagination, in fact it's barely a Depeche Mode film at all. This is something very different for Depeche Mode. As well as being there with the ultimate aim of writing this review, I was also there on duty for HOME because I was interviewing two of the fans...

Trailer for “Spirits In The Forest” released

Get Sprite With Tree – Depeche Mode : Spirits In The Forest

On Wednesday this week, the internet rumour mill began muttering about the long awaited Global Spirit Tour film with a website called spiritsintheforest.com popping up alongside a couple of reports talking about the new Depeche film. Yesterday, those rumours were confirmed and so we now have a new Depeche Mode film to look forward to. Well, some of us  do anyway; as ever there are plenty of fans upset about something they've not yet seen. The film promises to capture "the energy and spectacle of the band’s performance from the tour along with a deeper look into how their music and shows...