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!