edeniteswas filmed
on 30th November and 1st December
1994, featuring footage from the Hacienda's hugely
successful Flesh nights, which ran as an antidote to the heavy vibe the
Manchester club had picked up at weekends. It captures something of their
energy and atmosphere shortly before they finished forever. The Hacienda
itself only lasted a little longer.We
picked faces from the scene on the
night we filmed there, asking them to turn up at a studio in town the next
day. Thankfully, they came. A night filling a
friendly neighbour's home with such folk resulted in a bizarre, memorable
evening. The little boy in the kitchen, James Keegan, even grew up to be World
Irish Dancing Champion. The finished video doesn't
tell a story - it's just a rush of images.
Paul
edenites cost us
£4000 to make (which we blagged from a bank) and helped secure us our deal with ZTT. The
scenes at Flesh were chaotic; there were an Egyptian amount of bare chests
and breasts and little room to move. Our make-up artist the next day was
drunk. She had the odd idea of exaggerating facial blemishes rather than
hiding them. Most of the
footage from the studio and house was lost due to the tapes being stored
next to a radiator and melting. That put our directors out of pocket, too.
We had to re-shoot a couple of weeks later (16th December) and get everyone
back.
Three times World Irish Dancing Champion James Keegan did a cameo in the original; only the
breakfast table scene of him survived. My keenest memory was David holding up the shoot because
we had no bubble blower; we spent an hour looking round Piccadilly for some.video
doesn't tell a story - it's just a rush of images.