The Sex Pistols was like this fucking wake-up call in an era of music that had become full of itself where bands were playing 20-30 minute drum/guitar solos or making records that become yawningly boring.īecause of punk, many of these young people who wanted to play music but didn’t know how found a way to learn how to play.
#Control ian curtis free#
Because of that performance from the Sex Pistols at the Free Trade Hall in 1976, many of the people that attended that show all started a band. You have to understand about who these guys were and where they were coming from. It’s not the kind of music that is very upbeat as you have to be in a certain mood to hear it as also quite unsettling. There’s so much material that I love I don’t listen to their music very often. Control is still a phenomenal film.īeing someone who loves Joy Division. While I much prefer the film 24 Hour Party People as well as a documentary that came out around the same time as Control did. Are you a fan of Joy Division or have seen Control? I’d love to hear what you think. Joy Division’s music is truly a seminal one… and it shall always live on. Here’s the first live performance by the band Warsaw, so it’s before they became Joy Division. The epileptic dance, that strange look in his eyes as he performed the song… it’s as if he was possessed by Curtis’ soul as he sang this. Not only was the song itself had me in a trance but so was the performance. This scene is undoubtedly one of the most entrancing scenes of the entire film. Curtis’ songwriting was filled with imagery of desolation, emptiness and alienation, if only people had realized he was writing about his own pain. I still cry every time I think about the tragic ending of Curtis’ life when he hanged himself on the eve of the US tour. I’m ashamed of the things I’ve been put through, But the way he conveyed Curtis’ despair and sense of isolation is incredibly convincing, quite a feat for any actor, let alone a complete newbie in his first ever film role. Sam was in a band in his early 20s called 10,000 Things (which you can listen to in youtube), so he’s got that natural rock star vibe. Riley and the actors portraying the band did their own singing for the film, and they did a spectacular job. So this post is my tribute to the band’s frontman Ian Curtis, as well as Sam Riley who practically became the character. I was surprised he hadn’t seen Control given how big a fan of Joy Division he is.
Even my co-worker who’s a huge Joy Division fan said the same after I lent him my dvd just days after I saw it. Strangely enough, after watching clips of the real band on youtube, I actually prefer the live performances of the film version. I’ve been listening to their music, both the original and the ones performed by the actors in Control. Joy Division’s style of music isn’t exactly my cup of tea but I can’t help but being quite mesmerized by it. Even people who attended Ian Curtis’ 30th anniversary tribute admitted they were introduced to him through this film. What’s incredible about Anton Corbijn‘s debut, is that many people become fans of Joy Division, three decades after it was formed in 1976. It’s a beautiful film in so many ways, the cinematography, the acting, the dialog… but it’s also a sad, utterly heartbreaking film that will likely stay with you for days, or in my case, weeks. I mentioned in this post that no other film affected me quite like this one. It’s been nearly a month since I saw this rock biopic, but I’m still haunted by Control.
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