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Joy Division - The Film (Things to do this weekend. No. 1)

Posted almost 4 years ago
The Joy Division documentary is out this weekend in the UK and is getting good reviews everywhere;//Joy Division****Cert: 15, 93 minsStarring: Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Ian CurtisYou may feel there isn’t room in your life for another Joy Division film, especially if you thought Control was a tad overrated. This brilliant documentary, though, deserves your time: exceptionally well made, it gives not only the definitive insider account of the band’s brief existence, but makes it clear why they matter so much. Director Grant Gee has scored some real coups, electrifying unseen footage and the first interview with Ian ­Curtis’s girlfriend Annik Honore among them. It’s funny, too, thanks to the bathetic humour of the three surviving band members. “She was sophistication to someone who used to ride pigs for fun,” says Stephen Morris of his impression of Honore./http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/home
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Comments (15)

  1. Lizziegreeneyes
    Lizziegreeneyes says you are sooooooooo suave at rubbing that lemon in my wounds ;) I know there will be many a MOGger wanting a full report after you complete #1 on your To Do list for the weekend :) ::nudges Anna & Pekka:: right kids, RIGHT ?!?
    Permalink posted 05/02/2008
  2. Anna
    Anna says So, any JD footage has the ability to make me emotional, interesting. I'll sneak in pints if you let me borrow your handkerchief. I don't want Neill's report, I want him to adopt me, but he's been turning me down for over a year now. ;) (and I just saw the Banksy notification, YOU ARE MEAN :P)
    Permalink posted 05/02/2008
  3. Lizziegreeneyes
    Lizziegreeneyes says she leaves me hanging... ouch ;)
    Permalink posted 05/02/2008
  4. Anna
    Anna says I am not! If he adopts me, he will have to adopt the whole family as well...I'm actually working for our good ;)
    Permalink posted 05/02/2008
  5. Lizziegreeneyes
    Lizziegreeneyes says Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, you are very keen Grasshopper. I like the way you think ;) With all that said... *"Hey Neill, report, we don't need no stinkin report !!!"* (we need you to sign off on the adoption pages PRONTO ;P
    Permalink posted 05/02/2008
  6. QueenofHell
    QueenofHell says That's appealing! I fancy watching that as soon as my timetable is free for long enough to watch it. Work is massively busy and I can't turn it down because I'm freelance and putting together a design portfolio and I'm going to a wedding tomorrow! We're going to watch Control tonight, though. Definitely going to check the Banksy tunnel out, despite finding him a bit annoying. I really want to see the Blood On Paper as soon as I have time. It's a display of artists' sketchbooks at the V and A. http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/contemporary/bloodonpaper/index.html Hope you're well!!
    Permalink posted 05/02/2008
  7. Neill
    Neill says The Queen!, The Queen! The Queen has returned from the wastelands of the east! (I'm going up Banksy's tunnel tomorrow morning........)
    Permalink posted 05/02/2008
  8. gympumpkin
    gympumpkin says must.see.that.
    Permalink posted 05/02/2008
  9. Hopper
    Hopper says “Control” was good, and this looks even more promising. Can’t wait to check it out! Thanks for the post.
    Permalink posted 05/02/2008
  10. Dale
    Dale says Oh, that's going on the very short movies-to-watch list.
    Permalink posted 05/02/2008
  11. Bartleby
    Bartleby says Neill, you've done it. You've done it the impossible. You've managed to make the *queen* come out of her very long wintry hiatus. I haven't decided yet on what I'm going to do this weekend but you're giving excellent ideas. Thank you very much, sir.
    Permalink posted 05/02/2008
  12. Augusts1
    Augusts1 says Noice. Oh to live in London. I hate you, bastard!
    Permalink posted 05/02/2008
  13. Mike the Knife
    Mike the Knife says Already machinating to get a DVD of this. (heh, heh) Appreciate the heads-up, Neill. And hey, Helen, howzit goin'?
    Permalink posted 05/02/2008
  14. Jonh Ingham
    Jonh Ingham says I saw half of it at a screening a couple of weeks ago - I had to leave and it really tore me up. This is just a fabulous documentary. Imagine a Peter Saville cover at 24 fps. It has a lot of humour, visually clever, and fantastic sound. It gets an 11 out of 10 in my book.
    Permalink posted 05/03/2008
  15. missedexit
    missedexit says Can't wait 'til it hits New York, and on dvd for that matter. It's about time this was done, for such an influential band. And people forget that there was a lot of humour w/in the band.
    Permalink posted 05/05/2008

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