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An Inner Strugglenew
While 'The American' may strike most viewers as slow, others will see it as a creation with purpose.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
09-08-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The American, Anton Corbijn
George Clooney's Hit Man Hides Out in The Americannew
Few actors today both possess and exercise the star power needed to make films like The American. But artistic appreciation does not always produce artistry.
Tags: The American, Anton Corbijn
The American: This Gun for Hirenew
Director Anton Corbijn has a jeweler's eye for visual detail, but he's still trying to get a handle on other cinematic elements. The result is a beautiful, boring movie that's the least interesting George Clooney outing since Ocean's Twelve.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
09-02-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The American, Anton Corbijn
A Means to an Endnew
Eulogizing Joy Division front-man Ian Curtis.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
'Control': Dead Soulnew
Love tears apart Joy Division's Ian Curtis -- again.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
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
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
'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 |
Reviews
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
'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 |
Reviews
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
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
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
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
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
'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.
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
