Control

Superunknown · June 2007

Anyone else pumped for this movie? It got hella good reviews at Cannes at a trailer was put up on Youtube today with handy French subtitles.

The Guardian wrote:

Control, Anton Corbijn's movie about Joy Division, is the buzziest film of the festival so far, at least among the British contingent. At Harvey Weinstein's rooftoop drinks party yesterday afternoon, critics - including our own dear Peter Bradshaw and James Christopher of the Times, both caught in the act of ordering delicious watermelon martinis - were united in their enthusiasm. Variety has called it "sombre, sad and compelling". This correspondent was transfixed, not least by the extraordinary cheekbones of Sam Riley, playing Ian Curtis. Corbijn yesterday said that he'd wanted to find a lead actor with something of the quality of the young boy in Ken Loach's masterpiece, Kes. There's no doubt: Riley's got it. The film reaches the UK in September, don't miss it.

Variety wrote:

Somber, sad and compelling, Ian Curtis biopic "Control," about Blighty '80s post-punk band Joy Division's lead singer, is a riveting, visually arresting portrait of a soul in torment. Central perf by Sam Riley is a winner, surrounded by a strong ensemble of thesps. First feature helming bow by photographer Anton Corbijn manages to present working-class Northern England in a wide range of appealing grays that make the description "black-and-white film" inadequate.

View trailer here.