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New Order: Decades

Part concert, part documentary, this film follows the band’s preparations in the re-staging of their acclaimed collaboration So It Goes.. with the artist Liam Gillick and the 12-piece synthesiser orchestra that spectacularly captured the headlines during Manchester International Festival 2017.

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♪ In the shadowplay
acting out your own death ♪ - New Order: Decades

♪ In the shadowplay acting out your own death ♪

It was extremely tragic, - New Order: Decades

It was extremely tragic,

Our second Joy Division album
Closer - New Order: Decades

Our second Joy Division album Closer

But the rest of us were trying
to work out what to do next. - New Order: Decades

But the rest of us were trying to work out what to do next.

This is where we got the title - New Order: Decades

This is where we got the title

Yeah, we looked at it - New Order: Decades

Yeah, we looked at it

When Joy Division
were on television, - New Order: Decades

When Joy Division were on television,

Six years old, not really, no.
No, living in France, no. - New Order: Decades

Six years old, not really, no. No, living in France, no.

I was ten. Steve was nine. - New Order: Decades

I was ten. Steve was nine.

That Joy Division TV
debut was the fateful outcome - New Order: Decades

That Joy Division TV debut was the fateful outcome

But more importantly,
he was a passionate advocate - New Order: Decades

But more importantly, he was a passionate advocate

Seeing as how this is
the program - New Order: Decades

Seeing as how this is the program

We'd done a gig at Rafters,
I think, in Manchester. - New Order: Decades

We'd done a gig at Rafters, I think, in Manchester.

It was like a Battle of
the Bands competition - New Order: Decades

It was like a Battle of the Bands competition

And he went up to Tony and said, - New Order: Decades

And he went up to Tony and said,

And then we did the gig - New Order: Decades

And then we did the gig

And in fact, Tony liked
that concert so much - New Order: Decades

And in fact, Tony liked that concert so much

It really is history, yeah. - New Order: Decades

It really is history, yeah.

Factory Records was
Joy Division's record label - New Order: Decades

Factory Records was Joy Division's record label

It was more of an idea - New Order: Decades

It was more of an idea

Everybody who was
involved were kind of drawn in - New Order: Decades

Everybody who was involved were kind of drawn in

Energetic - New Order: Decades

I was fairly major,
I thought, in the music press. - New Order: Decades

I was fairly major, I thought, in the music press.

I could get big features, - New Order: Decades

I could get big features,

In some ways,
even at that stage, - New Order: Decades

In some ways, even at that stage,

It's part of being
one of these people - New Order: Decades

It's part of being one of these people

Years later, we got asked to do - New Order: Decades

Years later, we got asked to do

It seems really fitting
to play here - New Order: Decades

It seems really fitting to play here

The choice of venue
for the MIF project - New Order: Decades

The choice of venue for the MIF project

Part concert, part artwork,
the performance involved us, - New Order: Decades

Part concert, part artwork, the performance involved us,

The studio where we did it - New Order: Decades

The studio where we did it

Without a doubt, - New Order: Decades

Without a doubt,

This draws them into
the universe - New Order: Decades

This draws them into the universe

Manchester
International Festival - New Order: Decades

Manchester International Festival

MIF is first and foremost - New Order: Decades

MIF is first and foremost

MIF is probably at its best - New Order: Decades

MIF is probably at its best

That's the whole point
of the festival: - New Order: Decades

That's the whole point of the festival:

The first part of the process - New Order: Decades

The first part of the process

New Order then came up
with more or less this idea, - New Order: Decades

New Order then came up with more or less this idea,

Synth orchestra, what's that?
How's that gonna work? - New Order: Decades

Synth orchestra, what's that? How's that gonna wor...

Steve enjoys a technical
challenge anyway. - New Order: Decades

Steve enjoys a technical challenge anyway.

I really, really, really
enjoyed it. Enormously. - New Order: Decades

I really, really, really enjoyed it. Enormously.

Bernard had a rough idea
with the grids, the boxes. - New Order: Decades

Bernard had a rough idea with the grids, the boxes.

The idea at the root
of it very much from Bernard - New Order: Decades

The idea at the root of it very much from Bernard

That was the very first thing
that came up with this project. - New Order: Decades

That was the very first thing that came up with this project...

From a line drawing, it
seemed pretty straightforward, - New Order: Decades

From a line drawing, it seemed pretty straightforward,

But the devil's in the detail
and there was a lot of detail. - New Order: Decades

But the devil's in the detail and there was a lot of de...

The five original
Manchester concerts in 2017 - New Order: Decades

The five original Manchester concerts in 2017

So now, despite the complexity, - New Order: Decades

So now, despite the complexity,

It's a bit nerve-racking. We're
not just leaving our home town, - New Order: Decades

It's a bit nerve-racking. We're not just leaving o...

The whole thing is so ambitious - New Order: Decades

The whole thing is so ambitious

It's got a freshness
to it, you know, - New Order: Decades

It's got a freshness to it, you know,

That's the good thing
about the gigs coming up, - New Order: Decades

That's the good thing about the gigs coming up,

We've done a lot of the legwork - New Order: Decades

We've done a lot of the legwork

I have to charge up
the batteries on the laptops, - New Order: Decades

I have to charge up the batteries on the laptops,

It's the things that might
go wrong that make it exciting. - New Order: Decades

It's the things that might go wrong that make it exciti...

It's not only us
that have got a load of work - New Order: Decades

It's not only us that have got a load of work

Quite often we bring together - New Order: Decades

Quite often we bring together

In this case of course, - New Order: Decades

In this case of course,

The stack of synthesizer players
could just have been, - New Order: Decades

The stack of synthesizer players could just have been,

What he did was take that idea - New Order: Decades

What he did was take that idea

What you've gotta do
is think about - New Order: Decades

What you've gotta do is think about

It's not the capital city,
but it's the productive place. - New Order: Decades

It's not the capital city, but it's the productive...

It's the place of production
of ideas, of music, - New Order: Decades

It's the place of production of ideas, of music,

They already had a lot of ideas
structurally - New Order: Decades

They already had a lot of ideas structurally

The focus would still be
that it was a concert, - New Order: Decades

The focus would still be that it was a concert,

I was very keen on the fact - New Order: Decades

I was very keen on the fact

So even if you're taking a room,
people, an ambience, lighting, - New Order: Decades

So even if you're taking a room, people, an ambience, l...

It's that feeling
of putting things together, - New Order: Decades

It's that feeling of putting things together,

♪ If you break me ♪ - New Order: Decades

♪ If you break me ♪

♪ It's official ♪ - New Order: Decades

♪ It's official ♪

♪ One of these days ♪ - New Order: Decades

♪ One of these days ♪

The choice of songs
for this collaboration was, - New Order: Decades

The choice of songs for this collaboration was,

What we didn't anticipate - New Order: Decades

What we didn't anticipate

It did require a certain amount
of mental acrobatics - New Order: Decades

It did require a certain amount of mental acrobatics

It was weird. But it was good, - New Order: Decades

It was weird. But it was good,

About three days of listening
to everything. - New Order: Decades

About three days of listening to everything.

I wouldn't say it was arduous,
it was quite revealing - New Order: Decades

I wouldn't say it was arduous, it was quite revealing

You know, "what was I thinking?" - New Order: Decades

You know, "what was I thinking?"

There was easy, hard
and difficult - New Order: Decades

There was easy, hard and difficult

It's not a greatest hits show
and I like that about it. - New Order: Decades

It's not a greatest hits show and I like that about it.

You can revisit some, you know,
corners of the catalogue - New Order: Decades

You can revisit some, you know, corners of the catalogue

Picked the ones
we felt were good, - New Order: Decades

Picked the ones we felt were good,

So they had to have a certain
amount of keyboards in them. - New Order: Decades

So they had to have a certain amount of keyboards in them.

You just have to say,
"Well, right, OK, - New Order: Decades

You just have to say, "Well, right, OK,

It's a funny one, Blue Monday, - New Order: Decades

It's a funny one, Blue Monday,

It's not really a song
and if you try... it's not! - New Order: Decades

It's not really a song and if you try... it's not!

And if you try and make it...
get too musical with it, - New Order: Decades

And if you try and make it... get too musical with it,

They could have played it,
but it would have been very hard - New Order: Decades

They could have played it, but it would have been very hard

I think what's good about it - New Order: Decades

I think what's good about it

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Part concert, part documentary, this film follows the band’s preparations in the re-staging of their acclaimed collaboration So It Goes.. with the artist Liam Gillick and the 12-piece synthesiser orchestra that spectacularly captured the headlines during Manchester International Festival 2017.

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Director: Mike Christie

Writer: Mike Christie

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, music

Year: 2018

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ImdbRating: 6.7

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Released: 22 Sep 2018

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