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Date Posted: 11:45:33 06/05/07 Tue
Author: -CAS-
Author Host/IP: mla78-1-89-82-228-135.dsl.club-internet.fr / 89.82.228.135
Subject: non John - CONTROL - Anton Corbijn's film about Ian Curtis

Last saturday night I saw CONTROL.

Every year after the Cannes film festival, there are a few indie cinemas in Paris that get to play the films shown at Cannes as part of the "quinzaine des realisateurs" & "selection de la critique" (or whatever it's called).
So on Saturday night I was at le cinema des cineastes in a packed room (yes, it was sold out!) for the screening of CONTROL.
I don't know when it comes out (wherever you are) but I think Joy Division fans will like it. It's really centered on Ian Curtis but the band's a big part of the story (obviously). I doubt anyone who's never cared about JD will give a sod about the film though.

Sam Riley did a fantastic job (in my not so humble opinion). I didn't remember him in 24 Hour Party People (2002) but he played Mark E Smith (The Fall's lead singer, with a little nod to that in Control if you listen carefully). I guess i'll "have" to watch it again...
I've always liked Samantha Morton and she's as good as usual (great actress, I wish she was more exposed, not necessarily more famous, just more recognized/respected).
I didn't know most of the cast but I thought they were all pretty good.
It was cool to see someone else play Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan did a nice job in 24HPP but Craig Parkinson's good too).

Anyone familiar with Anton Corbijn's work will appreciate the cinematography: beautiful black & white, great shots of Macclesfield... I saw an interview with him where he said he took lots of pictures of the band before Ian died & I think he made a video for them using these photos.

Go see it if you like(d) the band/Ian. It's worth it.
I don't know how well it will be distributed though.

Ian Curtis died 10 days after I was born so I never got the chance to see Joy Division.
This film is a nice complement to 24 Hour Party People for those of us who wanted to see more of the Joy Division Story. 24HPP was centered on Tony Wilson & JD was part of his story but Tony's only one of the 5 or 6 secondary characters in Control (which is strictly centered on Ian).

.cas.

PS: I haven't been to this board in ages. Too much fighting/arguing going on here. Are there still people from the old days here?

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