Entertainment For Lively Minds
Control
I went to see Control on Sunday - and really loved it.
The performances are excellent, especially Sam Riley as Ian Curtis - the only teeny thing is that his accent is sometimes more Yarkshire than Macc, but then he is from Leeds! The actors playing Rob Gretton and Hooky are hilarious too, they've got some great lines.
And even though you know the ending it still comes as a shock.
But most of all, the music in the film is brilliant - I read that the actors were supposed to mime to the original recordings but after rehearsing they really wanted to play them themselves and were eventually allowed to do so - it's a much better way, the performances make the songs come alive and become so much more than "doomy Joy Division".
Go see it, it's great!
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I agree
Saw it at the Cornerhouse in Manchester with the sound turned up. Excellent.
Can't Wait.
Can't wait to see it, but looks like it will be on DVD. Sadly we are limited here in Scarborough for decent releases; the most up to date film they had here was Phil Collin's Buster!
Trainspotting Moment
It's a brilliant film, up there with 24 Hour Party People and Dig as films about music that stand alone, if you knew nothing about the people involved, still entertain.
My slight carp though -
The one line in the film that grated was when Rob Gretton says to Ian Curtis - 'It could be worse, you could be the lead singer of The Fall' I'd wager there'd be as many people saying 'The Fall?' as their would be saying 'Mark E Smith?' - but, fact fans, and this is where it gets interesting - did you know that Sam Riley played Mark E Smith in 24 Hour Party People?
You can have that for nowt.