Control

Having been a Joy Division for more than 10 years I was very excited to see the trailer of this new film by Anton Corbijn. Corbijn who is more known for his music videos and for his work as a photographer, decided to make a film about a band he admired and the word from Cannes, is that Control exceeds expectations. Joy Division were not just one of the greatest, if not the greatest band of the post-punk era, but they also happened to be led by the charismatic singer Ian Curtis, whose suicide at the age of 23 added him to the rock pantheon, next to Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain.
The film is to a large extent based on Touching from a distance, the wonderful book by Deborah Curtis (Ian's wife) and according to almost everyone who knew Ian and was around the band at the time, it remains faithful to the true story. The distribution rights for the United States were bought at Cannes by the Weinstein brothers, which on one hand is good because at least now we know we will get to see the film at some point, on the other hand, I do worry about how Harvey will treat it and whether he will wait till 2008 to release it.
But enough of that. I have high hopes for this film and here's a 4 minute trailer for you!

My Blueberry Nights

I had the incredible luck of getting to see Wong Kar-Wai's new film, My Blueberry Nights a couple of days ago. I am not a Wong worshiper, but I do love his films, especially In the mood for love and Chungking Express . I also admire 2046, but I don't love it as many others do, probably because I felt the characters were not developed enough for me to relate to them. That's probably what bothered me the most about Blueberry Nights as well.
One thing I have to admit though, is that the film is beautifully shot and there's so much poetry in every scene that in the end you forget all the awkward moments.
Basically, the film deals with a young NY woman (a wonderful Norah Jones), fresh from a break-up, who walks into a bar run by young man from Manchester (a good performance by Jude Law). After a few nights of eating blueberry pie with ice-cream and sulking over her ex, our hero decides to leave NY and go on a trip across the country. Traveling from NY to Memphis and from there to Las Vegas, she works as a waitress meeting several colorful characters that will change the way she sees things.
Even though the characters played by David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman were not developed enough for me to understand them, in the end of her journey we feel that we have learned something as well and I guess that's the film's greatest accomplishment.
The film isn't perfect, but it will leave you with a smile on your face. At least that's what happened to me.

Welcome to my blog!

First of all I would like to introduce myself. I am a film/music/book lover who wanted to start a blog where I could discuss everything that I like.
I'm making a start with my film blog but I am planning to add more sections later.
I would like to add some other writers as well.
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