name | Control |
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border | yes |
director | Anton Corbijn |
producer | Anton CorbijnTodd EckertOrian WilliamsIain CanningPeter HeslopTony WilsonDeborah Curtis |
writer | Matt GreenhalghDeborah Curtis |
starring | Sam RileySamantha MortonToby KebbellAlexandra Maria Lara |
music | New Order |
cinematography | Martin Ruhe |
distributor | UKMomentum PicturesUSThe Weinstein Company |
released | |
runtime | 122 minutes |
country | United KingdomUnited States |
language | English |
gross | $8,159,508 }} |
Control is a 2007 black-and-white biographical film about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. Matt Greenhalgh wrote the screenplay based on the book Touching from a Distance, written by Curtis' widow Deborah who co-produced the film. Directed by Anton Corbijn, Control stars Sam Riley as Ian, Samantha Morton as Deborah, and Alexandra Maria Lara as Annik Honoré. It also stars James Anthony Pearson, Joe Anderson, and Harry Treadaway as Joy Division members Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris, respectively, as well as Toby Kebbell as band manager Rob Gretton and Craig Parkinson as Factory Records head Tony Wilson.
The film follows Ian Curtis' life from 1973 to 1980, focusing on his marriage to Deborah, the formation and rise of Joy Division, his struggle with epilepsy, and his extramarital affair with Annik, culminating in his May 1980 suicide. The film's title comes from the Joy Division song "She's Lost Control".
Control premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2007 where it won several awards including the Director's Fortnight, the CICAE Art & Essai prize for best film, the Regards Jeunes Prize for best first/second directed feature film, and the Europa Cinemas Label prize for best European film in the sidebar. It went on to win five British Independent Film Awards including Best Film, Best Director for Corbijn, Most Promising Newcomer for Riley, and Best Supporting Actor for Kebbell. It was named Best Film at the 2007 Evening Standard British Film Awards, and Greenhalgh was given the Carl Foreman award for outstanding achievement in his first feature film at the 61st British Academy Film Awards.
During his job as an employment agent, Ian witnesses a seizure suffered by Corinne Lewis (Nicola Harrison). Dissatisfied with the brief mention that Joy Division receives from television host Tony Wilson (Craig Parkinson), Ian demands that that he put the band on his program. In April 1978 Joy Division plays a battle of bands at Rafters, impressing Tony and Rob Gretton (Toby Kebbell), who becomes their new manager. They perform "Transmission" on Tony's program and sign to his Factory Records label; Tony signs the contract using his own blood. In December 1978 Ian suffers a seizure on the return trip from the band's first London gig; He is diagnosed with epilepsy and prescribed medications that leave him drowsy and moody. He learns that Corinne Lewis has died of a seizure, and pens "She's Lost Control" about her. He begins to neglect Debbie, who gives birth to their daughter Natalie 16 April 1979. Ian quits his job to go on tour, leaving Debbie to work and care for the baby.
Ian meets Belgian fanzine journalist Annik Honoré (Alexandra Maria Lara) and admits to her that he finds Macclesfield miserable and considers his marriage a mistake. The two begin having an affair during Joy Division's January 1980 European tour. On returning home, Ian tells Debbie that he is unsure if he still loves her. As Ian is recording "Love Will Tear Us Apart", Debbie finds a copy of Siouxsie and the Banshees' Join Hands with Annik's name and telephone number on it. Meanwhile, Rob informs the band that they will be departing 19 May for a two-week tour of the United States. When Debbie confronts Ian about his infidelity, he promises that his relationship with Annik is over. Nonetheless, he continues his affair during the recording of Closer in Islington.
Ian suffers a seizure mid-performance and is comforted by Annik, who says that she is falling in love with him. He attempts suicide by overdosing on phenobarbital, leaving Debbie a note asking her to "give my love to Annik." Doctors save Ian's life and he continues to perform, but is exhausted by the strain and overwhelmed by the audience's expectations, feeling that he has lost control of his life. At a performance at the Derby Hall the stress proves too much and he is unable to go onstage; Alan Hempstall (Joseph Marshall) of Crispy Ambulance steps in for the opening of "Disorder", but is heckled by the crowd until Ian takes the stage, only to walk off again after one verse. The crowd riots when Alan retakes the microphone, and the gig is ruined. Ian tells Tony that he believes everyone hates him and that it is his own fault. When Rob informs Debbie that Ian and Annik are still together, Debbie demands a divorce. Bernard attempts to use hypnotherapy on Ian, who then goes to stay with his parents. He writes to Annik admitting his fear that his epilepsy will eventually kill him, and confesses that he loves her.
On 17 May 1980, two nights before the band's departure for their American tour, Ian goes to talk to Debbie but finds the house empty. He watches Stroszek on television until she returns, and begs her not to divorce him. When she refuses, he becomes angry and orders her out of the house. Left alone, Ian drinks whiskey while listening to Iggy Pop's The Idiot and writing a letter to Debbie. As he places it on the mantlepiece he has another seizure and loses consciousness. Awakening the following morning, he hangs himself from the clothes line in the kitchen. Debbie discovers his body and staggers into the street, crying for help. The news of his death leaves the remaining Joy Division members stunned, while Tony consoles Annik. Ian's body is cremated.
Control marks Corbijn's debut as a movie director, and he paid half of the €4.5 million budget out of his own pocket. The film was shot on colour stock and printed to black and white to "reflect the atmosphere of Joy Division and the mood of the era". Todd Eckert and Orian Williams are the producers. Deborah Curtis, Ian Curtis' widow, is a co-producer, along with music mogul Tony Wilson, who died months before the film's release. It had been Wilson who had given Joy Division their TV break on the local magazine programme Granada Reports, and he also founded Factory Records, which released most of Joy Division's work.
After the script for the film was finished in May 2005, the film was shot at the former Carlton studios in Nottingham, and on location in Nottingham, Manchester and Macclesfield, England, as well as other European venues. Filming began on 3 July 2006 and lasted for seven weeks. Filming in and around Barton Street (where Curtis lived and died), Macclesfield took place on 11 and 12 July 2006. EM Media, the Regional Screen Agency for the East Midlands, invested £250,000 of European Regional Development Funds into the production of Control and supported the film throughout the shoot. Samantha Morton (Deborah Curtis) and Toby Kebbell (Rob Gretton) both studied at the Junior TV Workshop in Nottingham. Kebbell starred opposite Paddy Considine (who played Gretton in 24 Hour Party People) in Shane Meadows' Dead Man's Shoes.
Ian Curtis' daughter, Natalie, was in the crowd as an extra for the Derby Hall gig.
Film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes rated Control as "certified fresh" in its T-metric section, based on a wide array of critics, in which 93 of 107 critics reviewed the film positively. Metacritic reports the film as having an average score of 78 out of 100, based on 27 reviews, claiming the film had "generally favourable reviews".
However, some reviewers have disagreed and commented on the film negatively. Ray Bennett from Reuters remarked Control to be a "disappointment" and said the film "features lots of music from that time and has decent performances, but it fails to make the case for its fallen star".
Hook also remarked that "Control is a hell of a lot more accurate than 24 Hour Party People. You can tell that Anton knew us, and he knew us well and he took the original script, which was very English and quite subtly he made it deeper and have a broader appeal so that it would not just make sense to an English audience but to an international audience."
After viewing the film at Cannes, Hook said he "knew it was a great film and that it would be very well received because, even though it's two hours long, only two people went to the toilet the whole time. In fact, one of them was Bernard. The other one was a 70-year-old woman." However, all live Joy Division performances in the film are performed by the actors. The actors contribute a cover of an original Joy Division song ("Transmission") to the soundtrack. Incidental tracks by 1970s artists like David Bowie and the Buzzcocks are the original recordings. New Order provided the original incidental music for the soundtrack. The Sex Pistols' track was omitted from the US version.
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name | Anton Corbijn |
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birth date | May 20, 1955 |
birth place | Strijen, Netherlands |
residence | London, United Kingdom |
years active | 1983–present |
occupation | Photographer, film director, music video director |
website | www.corbijn.co.uk |
footnotes | }} |
Anton Corbijn (; born 20 May 1955) is a Dutch photographer, music video and film director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both for more than a decade. Some of his works include music videos for Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" (1990) and Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" (1993), as well as the Ian Curtis biopic Control, George Clooney's The American and the A Most Wanted Man based on John le Carré's 2008 novel of the same name (announced 2011).
Corbijn has photographed Joy Division, Depeche Mode, U2, David Bowie, Peter Hammill, Miles Davis, Björk, Captain Beefheart, Kim Wilde, Robert de Niro, Stephen Hawking, Elvis Costello, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Morrissey, Clint Eastwood, Roxette and Herbert Grönemeyer, amongst others. He is famous for his work in black and white. In May 1989, he began taking pictures in color using filters : his first try was done for Siouxsie Sioux.
Corbijn has designed album covers for U2, Peter Hammill, Depeche Mode, The Creatures (the second band of Siouxsie Sioux), Nick Cave, Bryan Adams, Metallica, Therapy?, The Rolling Stones, R.E.M., The Bee Gees, Saybia and Moke.
Corbijn began his music video directing career when Palais Schaumburg asked him to direct a video. After seeing the resulting video for Hockey, the band Propaganda had Corbijn direct Dr. Mabuse. After that he directed videos for David Sylvian, Simple Minds, Echo & the Bunnymen, Golden Earring, Front 242, Depeche Mode, Roxette and U2.
His first video in color was made for Depeche Mode in early 1990 for their single "Enjoy The Silence".
In 1994, Corbijn directed a short film about Captain Beefheart / Don Van Vliet for the BBC called Some Yoyo Stuff.
In 2005, Palm Pictures released a DVD collection of Corbijn's music video output as part of the Director's Label series.
Corbijn made his feature film debut with Control, a film about the life of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. It premiered to rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2007. The film is based on Deborah Curtis' book Touching From A Distance about her late husband and the biography Torn Apart by Lindsay Reade (Tony Wilson's ex-wife) and Mick Middles. Although shown outside the Palme d'Or competition, Control was the big winner of the Director's Fortnight winning the CICAE Art & Essai prize for best film, the "Regards Jeunes" Prize award for best first or second directed feature film and the Europa Cinemas Label prize for best European film in the sidebar.
Author William Gibson refers to a fictitious portrait by Corbijn of the character Hollis Henry in his 2007 novel Spook Country. A Corbijn photograph has served as the author's portrait on many of Gibson's books, including Neuromancer.
In June, 2011, A Most Wanted Man was announced in Germany. The novel, which was loosely based on the true War on Terror story of Murat Kurnaz, was set in part in Hamburg, as parts of the movie will be.
! Year | ! Title | ! Distributor |
1994 | Some Yoyo Stuff | BBC |
2007 | Momentum Pictures (UK), The Weinstein Company (US) | |
2009 | Universal Music Group, U2 | |
2010 | Focus Features |
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name | Soldiers of Jah Army |
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background | group_or_band |
alias | SOJA |
origin | Arlington22px Virginia |
genre | Reggae |
years active | 1997–present |
label | Innerloop |
website | sojamusic.com |
current members | Jacob HemphillBob JeffersonRyan "Bird" BertyKen BrownellPatrick O'Shea |
Past members | David Cylke Marcel Miller }} |
Category:American reggae musical groups
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name | Physicx |
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birth name | Hyo Kyen Kim |
birth date | September 23, 1984 South Korea |
nationality | Korean |
field | B-boying |
movement | Hip hop |
crew(s) | Rivers Crew, Project Seoul }} |
Physicx became famous after the UK B-Boy Championship, where he won the solo tournament.
The style Physicx brought onto the floor was unique even in his own category: powerheads. He helped popularize many moves, including the elbow spin. However, since 2009, Physicx's style moved towards foundation as an expression of what Physicx has learned while being active in the b-boy field.
This shift in style has earned him more respect inside the breaker community as it focuses more on the musicality of b-boying, something he often neglected before.
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