Ian Curtis Film - Control
 

Has anyone heard the Killers cover version of 'Shadowplay' for the film 'Control' yet?

No but CONTROL is supposed to be excellent. I'm only looking at it from a movie buff's POV so add in the JOY DIVISION slant, and this rates as highly anticipated for me. The killers may have done a track for the film, but the actual actors playing the band do all the Joy Division tracks themselves!

Here's the soundtrack listings;

1. New Order - "Exit"
2. The Velvet Underground - "What Goes On"
3. The Killers - "Shadowplay" (Joy Division Cover)
4. Buzzcocks - "Boredom (Live)"
5. Joy Division - "Dead Souls"
6. Supersister - "She Was Naked"
7. Iggy Pop - "Sister Midnight"
8. Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
9. Sex Pistols - "Problems (Live)"
10. New Order - "Hypnosis"
11. David Bowie - "Drive In Saturday"
12. John Cooper Clarke - "Evidently Chickentown"
13. Roxy Music - "2H.B."
14. Joy Division - "Transmission" (Performed by the cast)
15. Kraftwerk - "Autobahn"
16. Joy Division - "Atmosphere"
17. David Bowie - "Warszawa"
18. New Order - "Get Out"

That sounds like an awesome soundtrack. I was going on the latset TOTAL FILM review-

Few bands are as influential as Joy Division;even fewer have maintained such 30-year devotion.So it's to the immense credit of the cast that the music on the film-played note-for-note by the thesp's themselves-sounds so authentically harrowing.

No you're probably right. The soundtrack I posted will play as background, but the actors probably play the live stuff by the sound of that review.
Looking forward to seeing the film.

That is probably the set up. It will probably get one week in the cinemas and then dissapear as non Richard Curtis/Costume dramas British films usually do.

Someone rename the thread...lol.

TaaaDarr.



I never thought the Frogs could make me smile...Salut Ian.

A good plus point is that the director is known primarily as a photographer, and actually done a couple of shoots with Joy Division. He will give the film an honesty which it deserves.

Here's a better clip.



Nice use of an aerosol can. :laughing:

They sound alright don't they? This will come into it's own on shiny disc.

I hope they've included the bit where he pisses over Spandau Ballet

These two tracks piss all over anything since. The 'Lost Control' track is still awesome (and I rarely use that word) to this day.



No apologies for posting 3 vids in a row.

I found the recent documentary of Factory records on BBC4 somewhat interesting with lots of interview footage with Tony Wilson, Bernard, Hooky, Peter Saville and the rest of them.

I watched this last night and thoroughly enjoyed it.

http://www.ioncinema.com/images/upload/3764poster.jpg

That is one cool Film poster.

I saw that as well.

Spent the last 2 weeks looking for some Section 25 albums & can't find anything :(

Good work fella :thumb:

Has anyone seen this? I'm probably going to go see it at the Chicago Film Fest.

I'm seeing this as soon as it's released in Britain

^ Which is this Friday.
I'm going on Saturday night, along with just about everyone else I've spoken to this week about this film.
Looking forward to it.

Due to there only being one crappy cinema here that only shows Hollywood dross I shall wait for the DVD to come out , and watch The Future Is Unwritten at home instead to tide me over.

Seen the film.

A knowledge of the man and a history of the band certainly helps, but even as a stand alone film, Riley's performance is worth seeing on it's own merit.
Sam Riley's performance was more than just a portrayal of Ian Curtis. He wasn't just trying to be him, but he took the part to a deeper level and provided moments of genuine insight.
The other members of the cast all did a great job of playing the live sets convincingly.

It all left me feeling incredibly sad and depressed.
If life experience has taught me anything, then it's the knowledge that in every persons life, there comes a point when private and personal circumstances can conspire to overwhelm an individual and particularly one who is prone to depression. The trick is to survive the moment.

Ian Curtis didn't.

See the film!

Glad you enjoyed this. I will endeavour to get to the flicks this week. It's a cert to buy on shiny disc anyway.

Filming it in black and white added everything to the film.
Each scene was like a stylish still photograph.
I'll be owning a copy when it's released too.
Well worth seeing and now I feel I've got a better understanding of what made the man tick.
Depressing though.

cant find it on the interwebz :(

^^

Buy it then. You will get a 100% conversion and a full bit rate DTS track. If a film means so much I will always pay the moolah for it.

^ Is there a date for that?

My abiding memory of this film is of the final scene following his suicide.
The crematorium chimney spewing black smoke and the song 'Atmosphere' being played as the people filed out of the cinema..."Walk in silence, don't walk away, in silence".
Christ it was like leaving a funeral.
Powerful stuff.

^^^
you should put SPOILER ALERT above your post, the ending is fúcked now.

Lol...the ending is as predictable as the Titanic...what did you expect? He somehow lives and goes on to present a 30 minute radio slot on Key 103?

The general ending we all know, You described the cinematic ending.I'm still disappointed.

The real ending is he's replaced by John Barnes

My description of the cinematic ending didn't do it justice.
It'll still be a genuinely poignant and moving moment...guaranteed.

@Urban...that Clash film any good?
Seen it yet?

Still waiting for it to arrive.

Damn postal strikes :mad:

You're mention of it was the first I'd heard about this film.
Anything about Strummer gets my interest.
I remember seeing him play with the Mescaleros at the Academy in (I think) the November. A month later, he was dead.

Joy Division movie Control is Emo stravaganza
 

The new new movie Control chronicles the rise of Joy Division and the demise if the lead singer, Ian Curtis. This guy is epileptic, addicted to cigarettes and torn between two women. He is having an EMO crises.

Sam Riley plays Ian Curtis and he's hot. Samantha Morgan plays his wife and she is hot too. The movie is directed by AntonCorbijn and I suppose he is also hot - it was based on a book by Deborah Curtis (Ian's wife).

The best part of this movie is of course the music - which is early Joy Division which is to say early New Order. Here are the boys locked in the Manchester scene in England in the late 1970s and influenced by the Sex Pistols and the Buzzcox.

Not everyone who suffers from depression caused by a variety of reasons, of which his medication probably played no small part, is having an "Emo crisis".
Whether or not he was addicted to cigarettes, has no bearing on the film, or his personality whatsoever.
I really don't know why you felt the need to add that bit of incidental and useless information.

The best part of the movie isn't the music, but the fact that it's about Ian Curtis.
The music of course is an added bonus, as is the cinematography, which is stunning.
They were not influenced by the Sex Pistols nor the Buzzcocks, but were of course inspired by them.
Their influences were drawn from earlier artists such as David Bowie and Iggy Pop, among others.

Why am I being a bit harsh and picky with the above member?
The emo comment irritated me no end!
Coupled with an early morning hangover.

To take a pseudo and pretentious modern day slapped arsed mindset such as emo and render it onto a 1970's, genuinely troubled Mancunian man, is nothing short of criminal.
arob...your lucky you weren't banned.

Did you enjoy the film?

Has anybody else seen it yet?

I don't believe it'll be playing here....so I'll have to wait for the torrent...:(

Best part of Control is James Cooper Clarke's poem
 

The movie Control, which chronicles the rise of Joy Division and the demise of Ian Curtis has about twelve amazing scenes. The very best scene is however when the band is waiting to go on stage - they are nervously sequestered in the green room while a spoken word poet named John Cooper Clarke entertains the audience with poetry. Can you imagine? The poetry must have been really good huh? Well yes - the poetry is excellent actually...

Here is the portion that was heard in the movie...

Evidently Chickentown

the bloody pies are bloody old
the bloody chips are bloody cold
the bloody beer is bloody flat
the bloody flats have bloody rats
the bloody clocks are bloody wrong
the bloody days are bloody long
it bloody gets you bloody down
evidently chicken town
the bloody train is bloody late
you bloody wait you bloody wait
you're bloody lost and bloody found
stuck in ****ing chicken town

This video shows a train pulling out of Oxford Road station Manchester.
Point of interest is the Hacienda building @55 or (-1.08) seconds. (corner building with white entrance)
Also, I'm almost certain Joy Division did the tracking music.

The original lyrics for Chicken Town...swap bloody for fucking.


John Cooper Clarke lyrics - Evidently Chickentown.

The bloody cops are bloody keen
to bloody keep it bloody clean
the bloody chief's a bloody swine
who bloody draws a bloody line
at bloody fun and bloody games
the bloody kids he bloody blames
are nowehere to be bloody found
anywhere in chicken town

the bloody scene is bloody sad
the bloody news is bloody bad
the bloody weed is bloody turf
the bloody speed is bloody surf
the bloody folks are bloody daft
don't make me bloody laugh
it bloody hurts to look around
everywhere in chicken town
the bloody train is bloody late
you bloody wait you bloody wait
you're bloody lost and bloody found
stuck in ****ing chicken town

the bloody view is bloody vile
for bloody miles and bloody miles
the bloody babies bloody cry
the bloody flowers bloody die
the bloody food is bloody muck
the bloody drains are bloody ****ed
the colour scheme is bloody brown
everywhere in chicken town

the bloody pubs are bloody dull
the bloody clubs are bloody full
of bloody girls and bloody guys
with bloody murder in their eyes
a bloody bloke is bloody stabbed
waiting for a bloody cab
you bloody stay at bloody home
the bloody neighbors bloody moan
keep the bloody racket down
this is bloody chicken town

the bloody pies are bloody old
the bloody chips are bloody cold
the bloody beer is bloody flat
the bloody flats have bloody rats
the bloody clocks are bloody wrong
the bloody days are bloody long
it bloody gets you bloody down
evidently chicken town
the bloody train is bloody late
you bloody wait you bloody wait
you're bloody lost and bloody found
stuck in ****ing chicken town