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Depeche Mode: Strange Too

Name: Depeche Mode: Strange Too
Director: Anton Corbijn
Released: 1990
Duration: 30 min

Representation Score

3.2/10

Limited

1990

Director

Anton Corbijn

Runtime

30 minutes

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Anton Corbijn’s compilation emphasizes aesthetic preoccupation over social commentary. It prioritizes a gritty, deconstructed Super-8 visual style that challenges commercial polish but limits demographic breadth. The collection centers on the band's persona and internal emotional states, lacking broad representation. Its value lies in disrupting the music video format rather than engaging with progressive social narratives.

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Category Breakdown

Does Depeche Mode: Strange Too have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The compilation focuses on the band's aesthetic identity without depicting same-sex intimacy or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities. The music evokes longing but avoids explicit LGBTQ+ themes.

How does Depeche Mode: Strange Too portray gender?

Fair

The work centers on the male members of Depeche Mode, with Jenna Elfman appearing in the 'Halo' video. It emphasizes stylized emotional landscapes over gendered social dynamics.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Depeche Mode: Strange Too?

Limited

The visual palette is homogeneous, focusing on the band and specific American landscapes without diverse or non-Anglo-Saxon casts.

How does Depeche Mode: Strange Too represent religion and culture?

Fair

The work adopts a postmodern, melancholic aesthetic that prioritizes subjective emotional truth. It avoids traditional storytelling through surrealism but lacks explicit systemic critiques.

Does Depeche Mode: Strange Too include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no depictions of physical or neurodivergent disabilities. Subjects are presented within a standard aesthetic framework without highlighting disabilities.

Present on Screen

The use of Super-8 film creates a raw, postmodern visual language that disrupts conventional commercial aesthetics.
The surrealist approach prioritizes subjective emotional truth over traditional storytelling structures.

Limited or Absent

The visual focus is heavily centered on male subjects, limiting gender diversity.
The casting lacks racial and ethnic breadth, adhering to the homogeneous norms of the era.
There is a lack of explicit representation regarding LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth subjects.

Official Synopsis

Strange Too - Another Violation by Anton Corbijn is the third music video compilation by Depeche Mode, featuring more videos directed by Anton Corbijn, released in 1990. Unlike the previous video, Strange, all the videos are fully in color. There are six videos, all songs from the album Violator, released in the same year. There is one for each of the four singles, plus two bonus videos, for "Halo" and "Clean", exclusive to "Strange Too". As with its predecessor, Corbijn shot all six videos in Super-8. The tallest woman in the "Halo" video is a young Jenna Elfman. The Drive-In featured in the introduction to the compilation is the "Motor Vu Drive-In", located in Erda, Utah, west of Salt Lake City, near the town of Tooele, this part of the video being shot the day after the band's concert in Salt Lake City in July, 1990.

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