In that period, we had the Cold War mentality imbued through us - the Post-war [environment] and the Cold War. I think we were reflecting some of that. This was before the Wall collapsed, etc.

Some of it was shot in Berlin, but a lot of it was filmed in Hamburg, along the Reeperbahn in Hamburg in the famous red light district. Kino is obviously German and "film" and "cinema" and we were always cinematic in our thinking.

I think that's the fascinating thing that exists now. This contrasts with a celebrity art and celebrity music culture.

We were working in entertainment, in the music industry, with popular music, it was important, but it was something that we also felt was a responsibility.

We were iconoclastic. We weren't there to sort of follow the trends really. So it was important that we were making a statement against that.

We've always been observant of things, and I think Crackdown was very much like that and the film interpretation was that journalistic view of that situation.

In that period, we had the Cold War mentality imbued through us - the Post-war [environment] and the Cold War. I think we were reflecting some of that. This was before the Wall collapsed, etc.