Shadowplayers: Factory Records and Manchester Post-Punk 1978-81Movie
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.
About Shadowplayers: Factory Records and Manchester Post-Punk 1978-81
Shadowplayers: Factory Records and Manchester Post-Punk 1978-81 is a 2006 documentary movie directed by James Nice.
The production information lists a runtime of 2h 0m, production credits from United Kingdom, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Tony Wilson, Peter Saville, Peter Hook, Vini Reilly. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
