To be honest, now I listen to Joy Division very low frequency. Most of the time, what rang in my ears were things that were not painful, not irritating, not sad... However, as soon as Anton Corbijn, a photographer and MV director who has a close relationship with rock music, brought "Control" to Cannes, and missed the film festival show, I began to look forward to the full release of the theater. Review "Unknown Pleasures" & "Closer" regularly every day. Dreams and sorrows are bleak.
Regarding the fortune of Joy Division and the life of Ian Curtis, our generation of music fans born in the 1970s are already familiar with it. But the fascination of "Control" is that Deborah, who wears a "widow" halo, is passionate about the privacy of "dedication" (sale?), and Tony Wilson, one of the founders of Factory, sits in the co-producer, director and screenwriter, and collects a large number of interviews. How can fans resist a biopic that has done enough homework?
as predicted. There are not many audiences. Just a dozen. They are all about my age. Curiously, I mixed with an old woman on crutches. Also a fan?
The lights dimmed layer by layer and then turned on again. Advertisement paragraph after paragraph. colder and colder. I embraced my arms and sank into the sofa. Can't bear it.
Sam Riley's voice rose in the first black-and-white close-up: "Existence, what does it matter..." My forced indifference finally collapsed. In the darkness, tears flowed silently. Well, since this long-standing complex cannot be concealed, let it take me to relive that uncontrollable punk time.
Black and white film. Exactly what I want. I have never been to Manchester, but I have visited countless times in my dreams. Seems familiar with all the streets and its smell. The passing time, young dreams, and tragic heroes are all black and white.
Young Ian. Handsome, kind, and born poet. Before that Sex Pistols performance, he was a smug but aimless young man. Read the verse of William Wordsworth to the girl he likes. Listen to Bowie, Iggy Pop, The Velvet Underground. Write whatever you want in the inspirational notebook. Encountered Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook, became the lead singer of Warsaw, performed in the club at night, and was still a civil servant sitting in distress during the day-his main job was to help the unemployed and even the disabled find suitable jobs.
In the last few years of Ian's life, in addition to his fame and constant performances oppressing his shy and autistic personality, illness and emotional entanglements were also important factors that pushed him to a dead end. The epilepsy coupled with the side effects of medications tortured him to death, and severely affected his performance. I even thought that his original twitching and twisting dance movements were "inspired" by the disease, right?
Anton Corbijn has excuses for the excessive inking of love triangles. If Ian’s youth is dominated by rock music and occasionally talks innocently about love, then the ending may be different. It is a pity that marriage occupied him earlier than rock music-early marriage is simply the first of all evils! Don't blame me for being mean. Even ordinary boys get married too early before the age of 28, let alone Ian! But who dares to assert? With his tragic personality with self-destructive tendencies, he may be destined to achieve the same goal by different routes.
And Debbie, who was originally considered beautiful and lovely, how could he upgrade to Obasan as soon as he got married (or was it just the illusion that Samantha Morton gave me?)? It makes people doubt, Ian's love for her is more dependent on relatives, right? At his age, he doesn't know how to manage and maintain family life at all. In addition, after Natalie was born, Debbie focused on caring for her daughter, and had no time to "watch over" her husband who performed a lot of performances, so the old-fashioned stage of having an affair had room to play. I don't think Annik Honoré is guilty of getting involved. Such a woman is different from those fanatical female fans who just scream madly and lie flat on their own. She and Ian have a magnetic resonance, and sparks appear on and off the stage. Ian was very comfortable with her, and it was hard to separate. But he was still unhappy with Debbie and couldn't throw her into the trash can as a yellow-faced woman. Later, on the one hand, he felt that the marriage was a mistake, on the other hand, he was unwilling to divorce. In this dilemma, there is no other way but to "escape".
Well, it really is the biography of Ian Curtis, so I won't do anything else in the band. The redhousepainter is also looking forward to seeing Martin Hannett, the famous producer, but this person hasn't been "in the mirror" at all, and he is a foil in the supporting role. I think for music fans, the focus of Joy Division has always been Ian alone. So once he left, the New Order with three people left, even though they still insisted on launching new works until today, but the momentum is obviously inferior. Not to mention the Monaco of Peter Hook, unnamed to the point of pitifulness. However, I think their 1997 "Music For Pleasure" is pretty good.
In addition to Tony Wilson, the important figures in the supporting role worthy of a book are their agent Rob Gretton. I don't understand this person's speech very well. I have to glance at the French subtitles from time to time. It makes me tired! When he first appeared, he was a native English hooligan. He spoke bad country English, and every sentence was mixed with at least two or three dirty words. It was really amazing. However, he met Joy Division and firmly believed that in time, they would have a bright future. Facts have proved that he has a unique eye.
Sam Riley, as the leader of the unknown band 10000 Things, has a good musical foundation. "Control" is not his first movie. In another film "24 Hour Party People" which depicts Manchester's legendary label Factory, he also showed a small face. I'm just sorry, I'm totally impressed. He once confessed that Joy Division is not his cup of tea, because the character needs it only to start listening. There was a close-up of him close to the car window, which looked like Jude Law, and it left me in a daze for a few seconds. For Sam's performance, I can only say that he really worked hard. Although he is far away from Ian in terms of voice. But he learned 90% of Ian's gestures and movements in gig, including the "Ian version of the robot dance" that is unparalleled in the world and cannot be copied. More importantly, Ian's eyes. The hollow, deep, nervous, and shocking eyes. From the many facial close-ups given by Anton, I saw Ian who borrowed the "corpse" to return to life.
I wrote this in one breath, and suddenly remembered that "Last Days" was also watched the first time it was released. For Kurt Cobain, another tragic hero of my lush years. Also suicide. Suicide is really a good friend of rock and roll. In fact, it is just a way to end life. Since we have no right to choose life, it would be nice if we can control death.
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I have been subscribed to the weekly "Les Inrockuptibles", with "Control" as the highlight of this issue. The online version of the magazine has Anton’s interview video:
http://www.lesinrocks.com/index.php?id=38&tx_extract [notule]=207610&cHash=c07b9d544a
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