A happy ending

Chadrick 2022-04-29 06:01:06

This is a documentary. I wanted to watch this movie a long time ago, and only recently did I find a version from the Internet, but finally I realized my wish.
The keywords of the film are Joy Division/Ian Curtis/New Order/Happy Monday/Factory Records. These names are the pride of Manchester. They are all important names in the development of Post Punk and Club culture.
From the beginning of the TV host, he has continued to promote rock culture. This is a respectable agent with ideals and a firm will. He is also the one who made Manchester's pop music culture famous all over the world. In fact, from this we can dispel a popular saying in the rock music circle that commerce kills art. As the protagonist, Tony Wilson has devoted his life to promoting Manchester's music to the world. In fact, as many cultural promoters like him, everyone is constantly promoting a non-mainstream culture to the commercial market through commerce.
I believe this documentary has absolute educational significance for the Chinese rock media circle in this regard.
I don't want to be too wordy about the importance of Joy Division and Happy Monday bands, because true rock fans know these things very well. What I want to say is that Tony Wilson decisively ended the lives of Factory and Hacienda at the end of the film, which was also a very exciting decision. Because these two names always belong to Manchester rather than London.
The last thing I want to say is that compared with the description of the atmosphere before suicide described in The Last Days, this movie describes Ian Curtis's atmosphere before suicide, which is more concise and capable. Ian Curtis' self-harm after going crazy on the stage before the US tour has paved the way for the subsequent accident. Simple and clear let us experience what Ian Curtis thought and heard when he committed suicide.

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24 Hour Party People quotes

  • Ian Curtis: [shouting across the bar] Wilson, ya fucking cunt!

    Tony Wilson: That's original.

    [to Rob]

    Tony Wilson: Your drink's coming. Is he a friend of yours?

    Rob Gretton: Yeah, he's our singer.

    Ian Curtis: [crossing the bar to approach Tony] Out of the way, Steve.

    Tony Wilson: Hi, Tony Wilson, pleased to meet you.

    [Ian just glowers at him wordlessly]

    Tony Wilson: ... Is he gonna hit me? You're quite close to me there.

    Ian Curtis: Yeah, I know, I wanna be.

    Tony Wilson: Why?

    Ian Curtis: 'Cos you're a cunt, mate.

    Tony Wilson: I know, I heard you the first time.

  • Ian Curtis: [listening to their recording of "She's Lost Control"] I sound like Bowie.

    Tony Wilson: That's good. You like Bowie.

    Ian Curtis: [annoyed] I hate fuckin' Bowie! In "All The Young Dudes" he sings about how you should die when you're twenty-five. Do you know how old he is? He's thirty, twenty-nine, something. He's a liar.

    Tony Wilson: Look, it doesn't matter. A lot of great artists produce their best work when they're... older. You know, W.B. Yeats...

    Ian Curtis: I've never heard of him, mate.

    Tony Wilson: Yeats is the greatest poet since Dante. If he'd have died when he was twenty-five...

    Ian Curtis: I would have heard of him, Tony!