Joy Division (The Miriam Collection)
starring: Tony Wilson, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Peter Saville
directed by: Grant Gee
directed by: Grant Gee
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While Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People took on impresario Tony Wilson and Anton Corbijn's Control concentrated on singer Ian Curtis, Grant Gee's Joy Division opts for non-fiction over biopic. Together, the three films create a multi-dimensional portrait of Manchester in the post-punk era. Curtis's minimalist quartet arose simultaneously as a product of and a reaction to their industrial environment. As Factory Records co-founder Wilson states, "I don't see this as the story of a pop group, I see this as the story of a city that once upon a time was shiny and bold and revolutionary." (Wilson succumbed to cancer shortly afterwards.) Written by Jon Savage (England's Dreaming), the narrative follows the oral history form. Aside from the surviving members of the band, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris (Curtis committed suicide in 1980), other speakers include designer Peter Saville, Curtis's girlfriend Annik Honoré, and musician Genesis P. Orridge (Throbbing Gristle). Only Curtis's wife, Deborah, chose not to appear on camera, so Gee (Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy) uses text from her biography, Touching from a Distance. Loaded with rare audio and visual material, like Joy Division's aborted RCA sessions and manager Rob Gretton's notes, Gee presents the definitive documentary of a timeless band. Unlike Corbijn's stately feature, his stylish tribute ends on a more optimistic note: with the birth of New Order in the 1980s and the re-birth of Manchester in the 2000s. Extra features include 75 minutes of bonus interviews and a BBC performance of "Transmission." --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Joy Division is a "fascinating look at the brief but vital trajectory of a band that died with its troubled frontman, Ian Curtis" (Jason Gargano, Cincinnati CityBeat), only to be reborn as the equally influential New Order. Featuring interviews with all surviving band members, Joy Division explores the Manchester origins of this revolutionary act, their partnership with Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, and collaboration with legendary producer Martin Hannett.
While Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People took on impresario Tony Wilson and Anton Corbijn's Control concentrated on singer Ian Curtis, Grant Gee's Joy Division opts for non-fiction over biopic. Together, the three films create a multi-dimensional portrait of Manchester in the post-punk era. Curtis's minimalist quartet arose simultaneously as a product of and a reaction to their industrial environment. As Factory Records co-founder Wilson states, "I don't see this as the story of a pop group, I see this as the story of a city that once upon a time was shiny and bold and revolutionary." (Wilson succumbed to cancer shortly afterwards.) Written by Jon Savage (England's Dreaming), the narrative follows the oral history form. Aside from the surviving members of the band, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris (Curtis committed suicide in 1980), other speakers include designer Peter Saville, Curtis's girlfriend Annik Honoré, and musician Genesis P. Orridge (Throbbing Gristle). Only Curtis's wife, Deborah, chose not to appear on camera, so Gee (Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy) uses text from her biography, Touching from a Distance. Loaded with rare audio and visual material, like Joy Division's aborted RCA sessions and manager Rob Gretton's notes, Gee presents the definitive documentary of a timeless band. Unlike Corbijn's stately feature, his stylish tribute ends on a more optimistic note: with the birth of New Order in the 1980s and the re-birth of Manchester in the 2000s. Extra features include 75 minutes of bonus interviews and a BBC performance of "Transmission." --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Description:
Joy Division is a "fascinating look at the brief but vital trajectory of a band that died with its troubled frontman, Ian Curtis" (Jason Gargano, Cincinnati CityBeat), only to be reborn as the equally influential New Order. Featuring interviews with all surviving band members, Joy Division explores the Manchester origins of this revolutionary act, their partnership with Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, and collaboration with legendary producer Martin Hannett.
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- Incomplete film
Actually, this is an incomplete film because one fact: There isn't any kind of participation with Deborah Woodruffe (aka Debbie Curtis, Ian's wife), who is a central part on Ian's life and so, Joy Division's trajectory.
This unties the vision that the film tries to explore about Ian Curtis' way of thinking and final decision, showing JUST the half of Ian's dilema: an interview with the beauty and sofisticated but uncomfortable Annik (the lover), but leaving away the point of ... Read More
Rating: 
- Even though you know the story like the back of your hand.
Manc foursome led by deathtripping Ballard fan sees Pistols play their town, hooks up with rubbish TV host, frontman develops epilepsy, gets involved in extramarital affair, kills himself after band does two albums, rest of band soldiers on with drummer's girlfriend for two decades, when guitarist and bassist aren't at each other's throats, and they ignore Joy Division's canon until the end of their careers.
Third film in the series, but you know why you come back to this because they're ... Read More
Rating: - Documentary
Good side: It is great collection of interviews (even with real Annik Honoré).
The bad side: Created today, little archival content :-(
Anyway, it is well to watch it.
Tim.
Rating: - Well worth viewing!
The movie "Control" was good but not full of the stuff i wanted to know about this band. This Documentary was far better!. Even the style of the doc. is true to Joy Divisions creativity! I learned all I needed to know about the band and then some. the interviews are fantastic! and its full of just the right amount of their great music.
Rating: - An Instant Classic
This rock doc is a masterpiece! If you're a Radiohead fan you may have seen the doc of them titled Meeting People Is Easy, another masterpiece documentary in my opinion done by the same director as this one , Grant Gee. It is also written by a real insider into the Joy Division scene as well, Jon Savage. If you're familiar at all with Joy Division and/or New Order don't even hesitate about viewing this, it interviews everyone connected to the band imaginable with awesomely introspective bits coupled with ... Read More
- Incomplete filmActually, this is an incomplete film because one fact: There isn't any kind of participation with Deborah Woodruffe (aka Debbie Curtis, Ian's wife), who is a central part on Ian's life and so, Joy Division's trajectory.
This unties the vision that the film tries to explore about Ian Curtis' way of thinking and final decision, showing JUST the half of Ian's dilema: an interview with the beauty and sofisticated but uncomfortable Annik (the lover), but leaving away the point of ... Read More
- Even though you know the story like the back of your hand.Manc foursome led by deathtripping Ballard fan sees Pistols play their town, hooks up with rubbish TV host, frontman develops epilepsy, gets involved in extramarital affair, kills himself after band does two albums, rest of band soldiers on with drummer's girlfriend for two decades, when guitarist and bassist aren't at each other's throats, and they ignore Joy Division's canon until the end of their careers.
Third film in the series, but you know why you come back to this because they're ... Read More
- DocumentaryGood side: It is great collection of interviews (even with real Annik Honoré).
The bad side: Created today, little archival content :-(
Anyway, it is well to watch it.
Tim.
- Well worth viewing!The movie "Control" was good but not full of the stuff i wanted to know about this band. This Documentary was far better!. Even the style of the doc. is true to Joy Divisions creativity! I learned all I needed to know about the band and then some. the interviews are fantastic! and its full of just the right amount of their great music.
- An Instant ClassicThis rock doc is a masterpiece! If you're a Radiohead fan you may have seen the doc of them titled Meeting People Is Easy, another masterpiece documentary in my opinion done by the same director as this one , Grant Gee. It is also written by a real insider into the Joy Division scene as well, Jon Savage. If you're familiar at all with Joy Division and/or New Order don't even hesitate about viewing this, it interviews everyone connected to the band imaginable with awesomely introspective bits coupled with ... Read More
