Comments on: Control — a Movie About Joy Division’s Ian Curtis

by: Billy

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:56:23 +0000

Does anyone have info about the suicide itself? I’ve heard stories about how it happenned, very bizzare stories.

by: Todd Seavey

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:26:47 +0000

ToddSeavey.com does not mind being a cultural exchange hub.

by: jenny

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:04:04 +0000

yes. and that’s an excellent comic.

and just to clutter up todd’s comments, jacob - have you seen this?

http://pics.livejournal.com/serge_lj/pic/0001y8b5/

by: Todd Seavey

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:25:23 +0000

While I think of it: more surprising in a way than Joy Division’s transformation into New Order is the contrast between most of New Order’s work and their two albums from this century, with tracks like “Rock the Shack” that sound almost as youthful and rough as Harvey Danger, quite a contrast with the stately dance-synth of yore. It’s like they aged backwards, probably a good marketing move.

by: Jacob T. Levy

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:32:23 +0000

I’ve already shown this to Jenny, but Todd will appreciate it too:

http://www.agreeablecomics.com/therack/?p=119

by: Todd Seavey

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:31:46 +0000

If I really were running the Manchester music business, I would take care of that problem for you.

by: Redepressed

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:20:55 +0000

Want to hear something really depressing? You can buy all three of the new double-CD reissues of the complete Joy Division catalogue being released by the Rhino label, and still not get a studio version of “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” It’s posthumous and all, but you think the label would’ve found somewhere to cram it in there.

by: Brain

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:37:02 +0000

The movie 24 Hour Party People was an account of the Manchester music scene that spawned Joy Division. It took a rather flip view of Curtis’ suicide, in keeping with the general tone of the film. What is remarkable about the 24 Hour Party People film is that the actor Steve Coogan’s portrayal of Tony Wilson, the scene impresario and movie’s hero, reminded me and and the missus strongly and instantly of Todd.

by: Todd Seavey

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:43:00 +0000

I’m not suggesting angst is necessarily better than a hypothetical scenario where all three of them lived in non-monogamous harmony, but clearly both Curtis and his wife intended (and she definitely wanted) a monogamous vow when they got married, and taking one’s promises seriously, even when it’s not easy, is admirable.

by: jenny

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:32:46 +0000

you’re probably going to expect this from me, but what’s particularly admirable about being conflicted about a love triangle? seems more like a waste of time and lack of communication. oh, yeah - and an unfortunate side-effect of buying into the one-size-fits-all monogamy ethos.