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India Press Store - Joy Division (The Miriam Collection)
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Manufacturer: The Weinstein Company
Starring: Tony Wilson, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Peter Saville
Directed By: Grant Gee
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019810272
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: The Weinstein Company
Manufacturer: The Weinstein Company
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: The Weinstein Company
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-06-17
Running Time: 96
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Could not play the DVD with 2 Lap Tops
Comment: The DVD could not be played with two different region 1 set DVD players in
two different Lap Tops. That's why I sent the DVD back.
Thank you and best regards,
Andreas Krumbein
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Summary: Fantastic -- Everything "Control" Wasn't!
Comment: First off I'd like to say that I was a strong critic of the 2007 Anton Corbijn movie "Control" because it put Ian Curtis into an awfully banal template where he became just another distraught singer and Joy Division just another band when in reality nothing could be further from the truth.
As an avid fan of Joy Division, I recommend "Control" to absolutely no one despite its 'official' status as the Joy Division flick because it wildly diminishes the incredible depth of Joy Division's music and who I believe Curtis really was. Instead, I recommend this documentary not as a substitute to understanding Joy Division but as an introduction; what I'm sure "Control" had longed to be. While an hour and a half is hardly enough time to grasp anything, especially a band like Joy Division, this film does justice to the band and details Joy Division's origin, Curtis' personality, illness and struggle and why to this day the band's sound remains contemporary and influential in a historically specific, thoughtful manner.
Perhaps the best thing about this documentary is its comprehensiveness and how it doesn't condescend to the audience (like "Control" seemed to do) about the subtle yet brutal and tragic story of Joy Division. It's worth mentioning that Tony Wilson appears in this documentary (right before he died, sadly), as does Paul Morley, Peter Saville, the remaining members of the band (Barney, Morris and a seemingly very self-important Hooky) and Annik Honoré, the woman Curtis had an affair with who has, until this documentary, avoided all contact regarding the band.
It's this latter figure who I believe makes this documentary precious as Annik's appearance and comments concerning Joy Division, particularly Curtis, are arresting and enough to make this a must-have for fans. Her words are, as are to be expected, precise, insightful and dear. Annik's love for Ian is just as apparent as the pain of his absence, and hearing her talk instills a great longing for Curtis that fans who also loved the man and his words will no doubt identify with.
Overall, this is a very good, comprehensive and tragic documentary because it underlines not just how great Joy Division were and how they were cut short but also how much of a tortured, brilliant and romantic soul Curtis was. With the remaining members growing old and those affiliated with the band continuing to pass on, I believe that this may be the first, last and best documentary the world may be afforded about the great band Joy Division.
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Summary: Best Doc So Far
Comment: Much better than the dramatized movie Control, Joy Division is a good documentary of the phenomenon that was Joy Division. I was excited at seeing that there were so many extras on the DVD, but most of them turned out to be snippets of interviews, only a few of which were interesting (and one or two were brilliant). Still, anything on JD is appreciated. Deborah Curtis, Ian's widow, does not appear, and one wonders why she was not involved. Annik Honore appears quite often as the Yoko to Ian's Lennon. And boy, have the other members of the group gotten older! Time has its way with us all, but Ian Curtis remains forever young and bold.
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Summary: Incomplete film
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Actually, this is an incomplete film because one fact: There isn't any kind of participation with Deborah Woodruffe (aka Debbie Curtis, Ian's wife), who is a central part on Ian's life and so, Joy Division's trajectory.
This unties the vision that the film tries to explore about Ian Curtis' way of thinking and final decision, showing JUST the half of Ian's dilema: an interview with the beauty and sofisticated but uncomfortable Annik (the lover), but leaving away the point of view of the person that last saw Ian alive (and who found him death), and the one he didn't want to leave because he loved her: Debbie (the wife and Ian's daughter mother).
Producers and Director should wait until they have the complete material.
In the other hand, you can watch "Control" simultaneosly (with Samantha Morton in Debbie's role, and the angel come from heaven Ana MarĂa Lara in Annik's role) and complete the scene.
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Summary: Even though you know the story like the back of your hand.
Comment: Manc foursome led by deathtripping Ballard fan sees Pistols play their town, hooks up with rubbish TV host, frontman develops epilepsy, gets involved in extramarital affair, kills himself after band does two albums, rest of band soldiers on with drummer's girlfriend for two decades, when guitarist and bassist aren't at each other's throats, and they ignore Joy Division's canon until the end of their careers.
Third film in the series, but you know why you come back to this because they're a great band and there's more in the group than Ian Curtis. The interviews are great (RIP Tony Wilson, and I could listen to Hooky read the contents off a tin of Heinz Beans). Would some of the Granada performances been nice to be included in their entirety? You betcha. The one performance is repeated from the Control DVD. Would it have been nice to have had additional interviews? Sure. Where's Debbie? Maybe John Cooper Clarke could have popped up? That said, it's a great film. Tells a sad story. Left behind some really wonderful post-punk music.
Signed,
epsteinsmutha
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Editorial Reviews:
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Joy Division is a "fascinating look at the brief but vital trajectory of a band that died with its troubled frontman, Ian Curtis" (Jason Gargano, Cincinnati CityBeat), only to be reborn as the equally influential New Order. Featuring interviews with all surviving band members, Joy Division explores the Manchester origins of this revolutionary act, their partnership with Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, and collaboration with legendary producer Martin Hannett.
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