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Control - Premiere in Berlin in February 2007

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Summary: The premiere of the film is February 2007 during the Berlinale in Berlin. It will be a book Closer to "Control" The Ian Curtis Movie, too. It will be expected to be released bilingual in English and German in March 2007. The film will go into the cinemas in April.

Control: The Ian Curtis Movie ist Anton Corbijns jüngstes Projekt und in gewissem Sinn ein Kulminationspunkt seines bisherigen Schaffens. Corbijn, als Photograph der Pop- und Musikszene weltberühmt, dreht nach mehr als 75 Videoclips zur Zeit seinen ersten abendfüllenden und selbstproduzierten Film. Control, der im Februar 2007 bei der Berlinale uraufgeführt wird und ab April in die Kinos kommt, handelt von Ian Curtis (1956-1980), dem Leadsänger, Gitarristen und Songwriter der legendären Rock Band Joy Division. Mit seinen Songs, die von Depression, Gewalt und Entfremdung erzählen, seiner sinister dunklen Stimme und seinen Bühnenauftritten - tänzerischen Einlagen, die den epileptischen Anfällen des tatsächlich Kranken sehr nahekamen - wurde Curtis in den drei Jahren, die Joy Division existierte (1977-1980), zum Helden der Post Punk-Ära. Sein Selbstmord mit 23 Jahren am Tag, bevor die Band zu ihrer ersten Amerika-Tournee aufbrechen sollte, bestätigte noch den Mythos vom jung sterbenden Rockstar. Closer to "Control" ist das Buch zum Film, Anton Corbijns visuelles Tagebuch vor, während und nach den eigentlichen Dreharbeiten. Handschriftliche Notizen, Zeichnungen und jede Menge Photographien, darunter Stills, die er selbst mit einer 35mm-Kamera vom making of des eigenen Films aufnahm, dokumentieren den kreativen Entstehungsprozeß von Corbijns Regiedebut, auf dessen Ergebnis man gespannt sein darf.

Source: Bol.de

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Interesting News - thanks.

By the way do you mean that there is a Book being published to coincide with the Film in March 2007? Sorry my German is lousy and I cannot translate the original article.

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Adam Tate wrote: Interesting News - thanks.

By the way do you mean that there is a Book being published to coincide with the Film in March 2007? Sorry my German is lousy and I cannot translate the original article.

Click on the link in my first post. The source is a Online-Book-Shop in Germany. I think, it's a Foto Book with many Pictures and short comments in both languages: English and German. Anton Corbijn had taken photos with his own camera during the film set.

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Thanks for the info...can't wait!

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I am so looking forward to this movie. Thanks for the update!

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Thanks for the information.:thumb:

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Does this mean that New Order will be ready with their soundtrack for the film?

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maybe we will get a trailer soon.

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Yup, mentioned in the recent BBC Radio 6 interview - anyone fancy going to Berlin for this? It's part of the Berlin Film Festival 2007, btw. :)

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Nick King wrote: Yup, mentioned in the recent BBC Radio 6 interview - anyone fancy going to Berlin for this? It's part of the Berlin Film Festival 2007, btw. :)

I think about it. But first the films for the festival have to be confirmed by the jury. It shall be in early January. 4450 films want to be part of the Berlinale.

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but didn't they stop working with ac? that i assumed. (that earlier interview)

but if the movie based on that deborah's book, there will be anything new... so only ac's own portrait will be the main reason to see that whole film.

i hope that jd and no cd's will be remastered after that. cd-production/mastering is far more than it was then, in 1992.

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No wonder Hooky's a bit chuffed at Corbijn. Getting some incidental music composed and recorded by February after the end of an international tour doesn't leave much time to chill out. I suppose Anton was probably just whining about needing the music very soon, what with his training as music video director, I'm sure he'd want music fairly early in the process to accompany his editing. Hopefully the band can crank something out in time for that, or else they might have to go ahead with a temp track for the premiere (unlikely but possible).

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If you're in the U.K.,tho' not sure if it's available elsewhere,this months'(?) Mojo has a very indepth article on J.D. & Control,2007 as being cited as the 'Year of Joy Division'.As well as the film,the remasters of UP,Closer & Still get a mention as being 2-disc versions,the extra disc being a live one,the ULU & High Wycombe gigs being mentioned.Absolutely worth buying,article written by John Savage:clap: :thumb:

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Those are some good gigs to release as bonus disks. Ajanta and the Lyceum would be good ones as well, and I wouldn't rule out an official release of that old chestnut, the Paradiso.

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mark kelly wrote: ...,2007 as being cited as the 'Year of Joy Division'.

Isn't Ian Curtis so 2005 to the kids?

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As me & Pam are the fucking STARS of this film I am still waiting for our free passes to said premiere.

I said WAITING.........

:nonono:

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Good news !! Anton Corbijns always does great things and surely it will come with a good soundtrack too.

thank´s for the informartion. :thumb:

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Doctor Clayhead wrote: As me & Pam are the fucking STARS of this film I am still waiting for our free passes to said premiere.

I said WAITING.........

:nonono:

Looks like you'll be sat in the car park then.:evil4:

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Running this article through Babelfish gets some funny results.

Joy Division is referred to as a "skirt volume", Ian becomes a "young dying skirt star", and a hero of the "post office Punk era".

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carroll13 wrote: Running this article through Babelfish gets some funny results.

Joy Division is referred to as a "skirt volume", Ian becomes a "young dying skirt star", and a hero of the "post office Punk era".

Yes, Babelfish is right. A rock in german is a skirt. The Post means in German a Post-office. :D

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interesting..though I should find some date for Canada, I hope it will be distributed over here

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[gold]confusion[/gold] wrote:

carroll13 wrote: Running this article through Babelfish gets some funny results.

Joy Division is referred to as a "skirt volume", Ian becomes a "young dying skirt star", and a hero of the "post office Punk era".

Yes, Babelfish is right. A rock in german is a skirt. The Post means in German a Post-office. :D

Oh, I'm sure it's right in German... Once it comes to English though, it makes Joy Division into a "weight of women's skirts", and "Postpunk" sounds all the more violent in German because it's suddenly set in a post office, and thus seems like it's "Postal Punk" or something. I think Ian would appreciate the Babelfish take if he understood current American slang though, so it's all good.

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very amusing ;)

the film should be interesting too.

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I'm the ONLY Post Office Punk in the village!!!:angry:

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Two days ago the first films for the Berlin Movie Festival was confirmed. The Film "Control" isn't accepted so far.

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[gold]confusion[/gold] wrote: Two days ago the first films for the Berlin Movie Festival was confirmed. The Film "Control" isn't accepted so far.

But Guy Maddin's "Brand Upon the Brain" is. complete with full orchestra, foley artists, live castrato, narration by Isabella Rossellini, etc. :thumb:

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Just seen the Control film poster. That'll get the uninitiated queuing round the block, just like Meet The Parents/Fockers.

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i'm sure it will get only an 'arthouse' release over here. and i mean theatres with 15 people sitting on la-z-boy chairs sipping cappuccino.

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what are the odds on a 6th april launch over here?

they usually release something around my birdfdee(24hpp was 5th april i think), & films usually open on fridays....

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