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A Means to an Endnew
Eulogizing Joy Division front-man Ian Curtis.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
12-06-2007 |
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'Control': Dead Soulnew
Love tears apart Joy Division's Ian Curtis -- again.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-01-2007 |
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Actor Sam Riley on Portraying Ian Curtisnew
"He wasn't an idol of mine, so I didn't approach the character with any reverence, really," says Riley, adding that he developed "a lot of respect and admiration for the lyricist and performer I found he was once I started researching him."
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
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'Control' Pays Quiet Tribute to Ian Curtisnew
Bleakly beautiful and elegantly sparse, Anton Corbijn's Control is as rigorously sober and yet filled with emotion as the best of Joy Division's songs.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
10-30-2007 |
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'Control' Charts the Angst of Ian Curtisnew
While Control -- beautifully filmed and performed -- can't quite crack his entire enigma, it's almost enough that it hints at answers.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
10-24-2007 |
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Anton Corbijn on His Gorgeously Bleak New Filmnew
Control recreates the brief and intense life of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Anton Corbijn on His Biopic of Joy Division's Ian Curtisnew
"Control is about a boy -- where we see his dream and what happens when it turns out to be different than he thinks," Corbijn explains about his first feature film.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
10-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
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'Control'
Renowned photographer, graphic designer and music video director Anton Corbijn makes an auspicious film-directing debut with a stunning biopic about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis that is irreproachable.
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