My name is Terry and this is my blog. 
05/26/2007: "CONTROL TRAILER"
Finally, we get a 4 minute glimpse of Anton Corbijn's feature film debut about the life and death of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis. Time to start bustin out my old Love Will Tear Us Apart t-shirt from highschool.
(via stereogum)
Reasons why I am excited:
1) Anton Corbijn is one of my favorite photographers/music video directors and hopefully his transition into feature films is comparable to those before him like Jonze, Gondry, Fincher etc (not like Joseph Kahn, for example). It's also very cool that Corbijn chose to to shoot the film in B&W, much like his signature photography-style. Most of the images/videos of Ian Curtis that I am familiar with have been rendered in B&W (barring the Love Will Tear Us Apart video) so I think this aesthetic choice is very appropriate for the subject matter.
2) Samantha Morton.
3) Hearing "Atmosphere" again on the big screen. The song was used to brilliant effect in the film 24 Hour Party People by Michael Winterbottom.
Reasons why I am not excited:
1) Michael Winterbottom briefly explored the life and death of Ian in his the aforementioned film 24 Hour Party People. The portrayal constituted only a 1/4 of the movie, but felt very much spot-on that a feature length bio-pic seems uneccessary. I'm sure the feature film will go into greater depths, seeing how Corbijn was close to Curtis and some of the script is based on Deborah Curtis's book "Touching From A Distance." But seriously, can anyone top Steve Coogan as Factory label head Tony Wilson?
2) Who the fuck is Sam Riley? Does anyone else think he looks like Pete Doherty? In the film's early stages of development Jude Law was up for the role, but thankfully someone came to their senses.
3) In the age of commercialized Emo, I just don't think this movie is such a good idea. Tho, I plan on making a ton of money on my WWICD bracelets.
4) The possibility of hearing Love Will Tear US Apart in a montage sequence and then hearing a bunch of emo kids get all gushy over it. Joy Division had better songs kids!