A chronological account of the influential late 1970s English rock band.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Mar 20158/10
In the shadowplay acting out your own death knowing no more. Joy Division, the mercurial Manchester based masters of dark post punk sounds, who in Ian Curtis had one of the eras most tortured souls. Directed by Grant Gee and written by Jon Savage, this documentary actually brings nothing new to the table for hardened fans of the band, of which I am unashamedly amongst that number. There is a tendency with musical documentaries to be over praised by fans simply because, well, they just love to see their idols/heroes/inspirations up there on the screen. Grant Gee's film has strong merits as an introduction for those new to the band, for the curious and to those hypnotised by tunes so hauntingly poetic they can reduce you to tears, but again for those who have followed Joy Division and their subsequent brotherhood band, New Order, there is nothing to be learned here. The absence of Deborah Curtis (Ian's widow) from the doc is annoying, where we are only given printed quotes from her. One can only guess that she refused to be sharing screen space with her love rival, and fellow tormentor of Ian Curtis' psyche, Annik Honoré, the latter of which who is more than happy to fuel the documen
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Cast
- Anton CorbijnSelf
- Kevin CumminsSelf
- Richard BoonSelf
- Ian CurtisSelf (archive footage)
- Peter HookSelf
- Bernard SumnerSelf
- Stephen MorrisSelf
- Paul MorleySelf
- Genesis P-OrridgeSelf
- Peter SavilleSelf
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- Grant GeeDirector
- Jon SavageWriter
- Jerry ChaterEditor
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