Joy Division DVD

Due for release in the UK on 25th August according to Amazon

Excellent! I was beginning to think it would be ages before release seeing as it only recently got it's cinematic release,but August does seem that far off.

The him wrote: Due for release in the UK on 25th August according to Amazon

What's this? The documentary that was recently released by The Weinstein Company in North America?

yes but HOW reliable are Amazon,judging by all the phantom releases over the last few years?

I thought I had the DVD already.

wrote: yes but HOW reliable are Amazon,judging by all the phantom releases over the last few years?

I'm surprised we North Americans have it before the UK.

Yeah, that is pretty unusual.

Just watched this tonight after buying it in New York last week - top quality stuff, with a shedload of extra interviews and the "Something Else" version of "Transmission".

Terrible DVD sleeve though.

There are American inport copies available now on eBay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JOY-DIVISION-the-miriam-collection-DVD-new-sealed\_W0QQitemZ380040811582QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item380040811582&\_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&\_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

I bought one last week and it came within a couple of days!

Got it yesterday... the extras are great, specially the one featuring a classic impersonation of Rob Gretton done by Steve:

"Dark and mysterious"

Ditto on the extras. They were really awesome.

It is kind of a strange "documentary" because it assumes you know alot already, and doesn't provide much of a narrative for someone who doesn't know much history of the band, Factory records, and Ian. Not much in-depth info either for the long time fan but more of an emotional celebration of Joy Division. At least the extras give a little something extra, and it is great to have the interviews. I don't think it stands alone as a film thou that well, but it is still decent.

I found it to be rather interesting, i thought it would be another boring documentry, but it was actually very good. Plus i learned some new things about Joy Division

Got to see this film this past week, and I really, really enjoyed it. All these years (when I was more rabid about my fandom) I wondered "why doesn't anyone make a fucking documentary about the band?" Grant Gee has done a great service to us fans, and helped to recast the band in a new light (when I first got into JD, part of it was the stupid "romantic appeal" of someone dying for his art. Of course, after you know someone who's committed suicide, it's less romantic by far).

I saw the dvd just this afternoon, this film is beautiful. I may sound an idiot from this though, I enjoyed control a bit more, dramatization was beautiful in that one. Great extras, great pacing, and to see the band speak of Ian, is touching.

I think it's an excellent documentary. The opening shots of Manchester by night, accompanied by the dulcet tones of Tony Wilson made me think "yes, this is going to be good". The contributions from Bernard, Hooky and Steve are poignant and at times very funny.

I meant to post this in this thread, but posted it in the NO DVD thread accidentally the other day.

Anyway...

It appears the UK, US and AU DVD variations all have different covers:

US:

UK:

AU: