I've finally seen Control...

i still can't find a date for the miami area. sucks.

His Holiness, The Pope wrote:

BonoShed wrote: Jim Riley was great at Ian.

Jim Reilly, Jim Reilly?

I knew the actors had to learn cover songs, but still....

I think, he's wrong. Wasn't it Pat Riley, who coached the L.A. Lakers? :D

Couple of questions I have after seeing it last night - sorry if these have been covered, I guess I should have watched the credits more closely.

Is the roadie with the Mohawk supposed to be Sarge? Is the girl with Steve at the end supposed to be Gillian?

Can't really fault the film at all, though I did find myself looking at the watch a few times. It's quite a haul.

braed 27 wrote ,, is the girl at the end gillian / is the mohican sarge?

yes its gillian , the j.d. roadie may have been twinny, sarge didt come on the scene till later ,did he?

taking different roads

I finally saw Control last night.

Excellent film. beautifully directed, well acted, and a very good character study of Ian Curtis.

It was long...but not long enough.

I enjoyed the way the other members of JD were portrayed. Bernard came off as the dorky, awkward, musical brains of the group, Hooky was gruff, witty, and hilarious. And Steve was...quiet but I enjoyed when he talked about his drum kit. Hah hah.

I also liked how Barney and Hooky were costumed very much as they dressed in the mid to late 80s in certain scenes (Barney is wearing cuffed jeans, jean jacket, and Fred Perry polo shirts in some scenes, while Hooky is seen in his leather biker gear). There were lots of little in jokes for the fans as well....Sumners Rudpoph Hess comment, Hooky talking about his love for a beautiful car, every scene with Rob Gretton.....and all of the concert scenes.

I also liked the second to last scene...starts with a medium close up of Barney....pulls back and you see him sitting at the center of a table, with Hooky and Gretton on his left and Steve and Gillian on his right. Corbijn lingers on the shot for a minute...and you realise that we are looking at New Order! Not only that, but the composition for the shot is inspired by the Last Supper by Da Vinci, with Barney in the Jesus spot, so thats funny as well. I thought it was a good way of showing how they would go on as New Order without actually saying it.

I cried at the end....and the use of New Order's "Get Out" was used in a very effective spot...

Its very much a fan film. With good music, great cinematography, great clothes, great haircuts. Very cool.

Spotnick wrote: BTW... forgive me for being completely stunned about it, but there is ONE song played in the movie by the band that I actually didn't recognize....

Leaders of Men(Warsaw first concert)? Isolation (when the band is recording Closer)? She's Lost Control (during one of the band's first concerts as Joy Division)? Insight (when Joy Division played in London hours before Ian suffered from his first fit)?, ...

They play Candidate in one of the live scenes. Maybe it was that?

"Forced by the pressure ...."

Actually, I remember thinking Candidate sounded quite different in the film, so it may well have been that, Nic...

Snorri xxx

Spotnick wrote: Must be it... as I can't even remember how it sounds

Thanks people, will give it a spin.

The song you're looking for is Disorder me think ;) Oh yeah...when I listen to the song I perfectly see that part of the movie in my head

Just seen it for the 1st time today as well.

Sam Riley looks more like Steve than Ian, but Al J looks quite fetching in his mini toupe.

The end was superb- had me blubbing. The film gave a sharp insight as to why Ian killed himself, it genuinely portrayed how someone's life can be turned into chaos and the emotions were from the heart.

FUCKING AWESOME FILM!

Spotnick wrote: Nah, I would have recognized Disorder...

Colony or Candidate in the other hand, I tend to skip, so it must be one of those.

I'd have to see the movie (well, I did download it, so I should watch it again) to remember which one it was...

They also played Dead Souls

I finaly seen it too! It was playing at the cinema over the road from me!

In all I thought it was a good film....had to bite my cheek and look at my feet nearing the end though.

Also is/was Hooky really as crass at that really?!

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote:

CrazyCat wrote: I finaly seen it too! It was playing at the cinema over the road from me!

In all I thought it was a good film....had to bite my cheek and look at my feet nearing the end though.

pah...you knew what was coming....

Yeah I know! lol

I meant the very end bit with the crem chimney....I just didn't expect that.

I have to admit that the suicide scene was very well done. And the bit where Stephen and Gillian sit down with barney and hooky was a nice touch

...and it was AWESOME!

Indeed!

I saw it some days ago. Awesome movie. Such movies work great in black and white. The actors were chosen very well (speaking of resemblance). Well you don't know how authentic this movie is. But it may have been this way. You dont have to have sympathy with Ian. This movie doesn't make a hero out of him (rather opposite way). Nice music (the cast could easily play as cover band), nice pictures, nice actors.

Waiting for the DVD :D .

Yeah that was a pretty sweet movie. First time you actually get to see Ian as a person, with actual emotions. Acting was superb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M\_swv6sfnYk

Anders wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M\_swv6sfnYk

FCUKING SPAM!

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Anders wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M\_swv6sfnYk

FCUKING SPAM!

yeah man! & what gives?

Saw that last month and the dvd had a scracht so Ian did not die in my version...