Film: Control & Joy Division. Name 10 bands...
Top on some critics’ lists and back in the theaters for potential Oscar nomination, SEEN would be remiss if we failed to talk about "CONTROL", the Ian Curtis and Joy Division story. It's rumored that Anton Corbijn put up his own money to complete the film. He also first took the band’s famed pictures in 1979, before they became household names. So if he gets a nod, then fair play to the man. The British press loved the film that superbly captures a 70's Northern England. Fantastic performance by Sam Riley that got a lot of attention at Cannes last year. It's a cold look at what happens if you write great songs, join a rock band and discover you have epilepsy. The band are seminal in most peoples’ minds as to the influence they had on music. See the film and name 10 bands who wouldn't be here without their influence. Looks like a DVD release for March 2008.
To whet your appetite for the DVD release, or to get you back into the theater, check out two great videos for "Shadowplay": one's a rare live TV performance from Joy Division and the other is the Killers version made for the film:
Here's the Killers version:
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