Those moody words to Love will tear us apart were the soundtrack to anyone who came of age in the late 1970's early 80's.   Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, Bauhaus, The Fall.    IT was all so creative, dark and sophisticated that period in music.The brilliant photographer Anton Corbijn made this movie last year to tell the story of the amazing, talented, tragic musician Ian Curtis of the groundbreaking post punk band Joy Division.      It was a very rich period in music history.    Makes you realize what inspired him to write the songs that were sung by that generation of young  people wearing black.    She's lost Control is about an epileptic woman Ian knew in his state social worker job.   He was also an epileptic who suffered from depression and bi polar disorder.
RIght after the Sex Pistols, Joy Division was the first band to come out of the post punk movement.   More moody, insular and melancholy Other bands like the Buzzcocks, Gang of Four, and the Fall were also part of the group.    Many of these bands were in the Manchester seen.    The fashion was paired down on a blue collar tip.  Black, distraught, volatile and fractured.   Non of the flashy splash of punk style.  These post punk bands were way more musical and intellectual than their punk rock forefathers.Control website  Samantha Morton and new comer Sam Riley are spectacular.   You will cry.





































The director Anton Corbijn Corbijn site has been a celebrated photographer for 20 years.   He shot almost all U2's imagery, has directed music videos and collaborated with many cool musicians and artists.     The film's cinematography is flawless.     Impeccable.   Please rent it.  

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