Comments on: Film Review: “Joy Division”

By: Corey

Corey — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:56 +0000

This film will hopefully serve to tell the story of Curtis and Joy Division in a more complete manner than Anton Crobijn’s “Control”, which looked fantastic (being a photographer and designer, especially for Depeche Mode, you wouldn’t expect anything less). Sadly the script was not tight enough to give the band’s meteoric emergence the momentum it needed. I left “Control” wondering just why there was such a fuss made about Joy Division.

I look forward to seeing this film and learning just why the band left such a lasting impression on a generation of music lovers.

By: jason

jason — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:19:13 +0000

No I’m more a Electronic child (a spin off of Smiths and New Order, via the Joy’s)

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:01:45 +0000

@jason: Glad to be of service. Was Joy Division part of your youth?

@Simon Slade: That is an extremely scary photo. Glenn Morris looks frightful. He was of course a nightclub promoter of note in later years.

I recall that he was working with Paul Hodder when, after a heated exchange about something I can’t remember, Acb Tyson told them that The Core magazine would no longer run their advertising. They blustered on about taking legal action, either somehow forcing us to take their business, or they’d be “forced” to run TVCs on Channel Nine and we’d have to pay for them. I think Acb then told them to fuck off. Later, they apologised and we ran their ads again.

That doesn’t actually have anything to do with Joy Division. Except for the poster, perhaps.

@Alastair: I’m guessing that everyone involved in the Manchester scene is now “of a certain age” when they want to record this stuff before it’s lost.

We should probably create something about the Adelaide dance music scene in that period when it was Extremely Fabulous, with Metro as the coolest of the cool at one point. We can start by leveraging all the Facebook groups.

By: Alastair

Alastair — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:26:32 +0000

A few of these Mancurian documentaries/movies did the rounds a few months back, when Tony Wilson passed away. Eg “Control”, an Ian Curtis biopic from last year.

By: Simon Slade

Simon Slade — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:56:29 +0000

Oh for the days when a “Love Will Tear Us Apart” poster always graced the walls of students’ houses!!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=318140&id=590614533

On the other wall was a poster for The Smiths “This Charming Man”

By: jason

jason — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:23:10 +0000

Cool, I’m seeing it based on this review.