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Losing Control: America forgets Ian Curtis is rather R.I.P.

by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 21 comments 16:25 October 4th, 2007
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Shortlist magazine has revealed that distributors in the US, working the new Anton Corbijn film Control, asked if Joy Division could perform live at the US premiere.

Says Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook (pictured):

“Someone from the film’s US distributor’s office phoned up saying that the New York premiere was on 25 September and would Joy Division play?

“I replied, ‘Well, the last I heard, the lead singer was dead but I’ll give them a ring and see if anything has changed'.”

Control, which focuses on Joy Division singer Ian Curtis' life and eventual suicide on May 18 1980, is released in the UK on Friday (October 5); its soundtrack compilation, featuring David Bowie, The Sex Pistols and The Buzzcocks alongside the obvious two, is out now on Warner Music.

From the archive

conrLOL

ehwhat | 4 Oct '07, 17:04 | Reply | X

You can..

just imagine Hookie's face! Priceless!

Oh dear i sound like one of those adverts...

Lucyjay @ehwhat | 4 Oct '07, 17:11 | Reply | X

Brilliant.

Good to see the distributor had no interest in what the film was about then.

black_rooster | 4 Oct '07, 17:24 | Reply | X

Lol... that's impossibly retarded

Actually far beyond retarded.

scarfo | 4 Oct '07, 17:40 | Reply | X

To be fair...

'Joy Division' have been playing gigs pretty recently with Bernand just singing, could have meant that. I suspect not, but it could have been that. It could.

garaint19 | 4 Oct '07, 18:04 | Reply | X

Ian Curtis is dead ?

robertorobero | 4 Oct '07, 18:30 | Reply | X

this whole suicide thing

will just turn out to be an unfeasibly long-sighted movie PR stunt... he'll be there. Oh he'll be there allright.

mr_stranglehands @robertorobero | 4 Oct '07, 18:56 | Reply | X

LOLZ!

Reminds me of the time when that Kate Winslet fronted Sense & Sensibility adaptation had just been released in America to great acclaim.

There was at least one American TV news team trawling around Hampshire in an attempt to to interview the screenwriter, Jane Austen!

Alex-in-Ciderland @mr_stranglehands | 4 Oct '07, 19:18 | Reply | X

u wat?!

I only know he's dead cos someone spoiled the ending of the film for me.

Acquiescence @Alex-in-Ciderland | 4 Oct '07, 19:30 | Reply | X

oh god

Seriously?

That makes me want to laugh like a loon and cry at the same time.

MakiMako @Alex-in-Ciderland | 4 Oct '07, 20:26 | Reply | X

not uncommon for bands with dead members to keep gigging

even INXS so, like the person said, maybe they meant the rest of the band

just_a_girl @MakiMako | 5 Oct '07, 01:46 | Reply | X

Fair play with digs on idiot Americans

I hope to be Canadian one day, anyway.

Though I can't imagine we need another JD movie, its gotten good reviews, eh.

oceanRain | 5 Oct '07, 06:21 | Reply | X

PS

Oh yeah... surprisingly enough, I don't hate the Killer's version of Shadowplay.

oceanRain @oceanRain | 5 Oct '07, 06:24 | Reply | X

exactly "Stupid Americans" LOL etc

but didn't someone from The Guardian recently try and arrange an interview with Joe Strummer.

JGJug @oceanRain | 5 Oct '07, 08:34 | Reply | X

I love Hooky

The sarcastic girlfriend beating alcohol prick. But yeah, I love him. Odd that.

redsleepingrichey | 5 Oct '07, 10:26 | Reply | X

in fact

Curtis was last sighted getting a piggy-back off an old lady in North Africa

jesechristo | 5 Oct '07, 11:05 | Reply | X

He may be dead but...

He still watches Rok TV every day.

canseideserstupid | 5 Oct '07, 11:43 | Reply | X

^

winnar.

LarsenB @canseideserstupid | 5 Oct '07, 11:51 | Reply | X

Ha

Absolute banter. Good times.

Tristant | 5 Oct '07, 14:00 | Reply | X

are you sure?

is that right? they've been performing as new order i thought, just doing a couple of joy division songs. that's not the same as performing AS joy division.

jimbobbley @garaint19 | 5 Oct '07, 16:32 | Reply | X

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