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Director: Anton Corbijn Origin: United Kingdom, United States Year:
2007 Duration: 122m Starring: Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara,
Sam Riley, Toby Kebbell
The year's most arresting biopic and photographer Anton Corbijn's
first film celebrates the troubled life of Joy Division's post-punk
legend Ian Curtis. Corbijn incisively focuses on Curtis's failing
marriage and the uncontrollable intensity of the nihilistic emotions
displaced by his life into his art. CONTROL is also the story of late-
1970s northern England and a perfect counterpoint to the high jinks of
Michael Winterbottom's 24-HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, its realism reaching back
to Chris Petit's RADIO-ON and the British new wave of the '60s.
Corbijn, who worked with the band for many years as their
photographer, films in high-contrast monochrome and gets every detail
exactly right. The songs are fantastic, but even better are the
performances, with relative newcomer Sam Riley astonishing as Curtis.
18.10 tonight at www.FACT.co.uk
Director: Anton Corbijn Origin: United Kingdom, United States Year:
2007 Duration: 122m Starring: Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara,
Sam Riley, Toby Kebbell
The year's most arresting biopic and photographer Anton Corbijn's
first film celebrates the troubled life of Joy Division's post-punk
legend Ian Curtis. Corbijn incisively focuses on Curtis's failing
marriage and the uncontrollable intensity of the nihilistic emotions
displaced by his life into his art. CONTROL is also the story of late-
1970s northern England and a perfect counterpoint to the high jinks of
Michael Winterbottom's 24-HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, its realism reaching back
to Chris Petit's RADIO-ON and the British new wave of the '60s.
Corbijn, who worked with the band for many years as their
photographer, films in high-contrast monochrome and gets every detail
exactly right. The songs are fantastic, but even better are the
performances, with relative newcomer Sam Riley astonishing as Curtis.
18.10 tonight at www.FACT.co.uk