![]() The young Curtis lived in the flats of Macclesfield. From his early years, the teenager Curtis showed penchant for philosophizing-like what’s the purpose and meaning of his existence. tour that was going to do marvels for him. To his credit, Corbijn does not dwell too much on Curtis’ epilepsy, and refrains from the usual stereotypes, though he recreates one such full outburst on stage.Ĭhronologically, the tale begins in 1973, when Curtis was a teenager, and ends with his suicide in 1980, just before a U.S. Channeling his anxieties and phobias into music, he felt a strong need to escape from his body’s physical limitations. Like other geniuses, Curtis was a man of contradictions, at once needing and fearing the loss of control. In this conception, Curtis comes across not so much as a self-destructive artist, but as a romantic who worshipped two women–equally. ![]() Equally impressive is Toby Kebbell, as Rob Gretton, Curtis’ sly manager. The endlessly gifted and versatile Samantha Morton also renders an intelligent performance as Curtis’s wife Debbie, whom he married when they were in their teens. Smith in Michael Winterbottom’s musical extravaganza, “The 24-Hour Party People,” also shown in Cannes. Sam Riley plays Ian Curtis with vivid force, recreating the singer’s performance style with all its qualities and mannerisms. ![]() Let me start, for a change, with the actors. However, what’s most impressive about this somber movie is the way it was shot, in a high-contrast monochrome that captures vividly, almost perversely the grim mood of Curtis’ life. ![]() Matt Greenhalgh’s screenplay, adapted from “Touching from the Distance,” the book by Deborah Curtis (also credited as a co-producer) about her husband’s life and death, has some problems. Cannes Film Fest 2007–A highlight of the Cannes Film Fest’s sidebar “Directors Fortnight,” Anton Corbijn’s Control is a bizarre yet mesmerizing music biopic of the legendary British rocker Ian Curtis of the Joy Division band. ![]()
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