The new movie Control chronicles the rise of Joy Division and the demise of Ian Curtis the lead singer of the band. This film features full frontal epilepsy. Its black and white photography and stark but beautiful images match the raw music in the soundtrack.
Ian
Curtis suffered and if you look at the claustrophobic tiny apartment in
which he
grew up with his family it isn't hard to see how and why he
felt like he did. And lets also remember he had epilepsy and was forced
to take all kinds of crazy medication.
The
film is by Anton Corbijn, who was the band's photographer and has
lensed some of the most iconic images in rock. He shot the Joshua Tree
album cover for a little band out of Ireland called U2 in the 1980's
and has directed many videos and such... The movie Control is based on a book by Deborah 
Curtis. (The woman in the photo left) Touching from a Distance
describes Curtis's life from his early teenage years to his premature
death on the eve of Joy Division's first American tour. It tells how,
with a wife, child and impending international fame, he was seduced by
the glory of an early grave. What were the reasons for his fascination
with death? Were his dark, brooding lyrics an artistic exorcism? In Touching from a Distance Curtis's widow, Deborah, explains the drama of his life and the tragedy of his death.
Roberrific was moved by a beautiful scene in which John Cooper Clarke performs his own poems on stage to an approving post punk audience in dirty Manchester performance hall as Joy Division waits nervously backstage - and the crowd was roaring when he finished. Wow, it was poetry in action. Spoken word! Here's the portion of John Cooper Clarke's Evidently Chickentown that was heard in 'Control'.
Evidently Chickentown
the bloody pies are bloody old
the bloody chips are bloody cold
the bloody beer is bloody flat
the bloody flats have bloody rats
the bloody clocks are bloody wrong
the bloody days are bloody long
it bloody gets you bloody down
evidently chicken town
the bloody train is bloody late
you bloody wait you bloody wait
you're bloody lost and bloody found
stuck in fucking chicken town
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