Ian Curtis film update

It'll probably still have LOTS of stylization. For example [Movie producers take note], Ian listening with his ear to his pregnant wife's stomach and suddenly having a seizure! Yep...classy.

Originally posted by Doctor Clayhead I think (on this side of the pond, at least) that people are worried about a largely American production not "getting" the UK. For example, the people that made "24HPP" (which I still maintain is wonderful) obviously had a feel for Manchester, its people, what it was like in the Hac at its peak, etc. What the hell does your average US production team/screenwriters etc. know about life in Macclesfield or the English North West?? This isn't yank-bashing, but you've got to get the shitty period detail right (which "24HPP" did), as well as ensuring that Ian comes across as what (it seems) he was: a wildly gifted rock star, but a selfish, unpleasant and deeply unhappy human being. Otherwise it becomes farce.They weren't rock gods: they were working/lower-middle class lads pissing about in the bleak midwinter of the north in the late-70s. I really think the movie could be great; the drabness (as opposed to some sense of heightened existential misery) of it all has to be foregrounded for that to happen, IMHO.

i understand the worry, but if a movie has good producers and a good director (as mentioned above with 'midnight cowboy'), i think there's nothing to fear. look at sergio leone's spaghetti westerns, for example. they were probably more accurate portrayals of 'true' 1800s western america than anything john wayne ever did! and even though lars von trier's 'breaking the waves' made some mistakes regarding locations in scotland (i.e. the wee frees living near the oil platforms??), his portrayal of strict presbyterian life in the highlands was pretty damn good. in other words, i think we should all suspend judgment until we've seen the finished product.