2007 · drama · music · biography
Control (2007)
Directed by Anton Corbijn2h 2m2007
The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
Our read: Control (2007) (2007) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · music · biography entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / music, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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How Control feels to watch.
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