“Do you want to sleep with other men?” Ian Curtis says. “What kind of question is that?” Deborah retorts. Ian then says it would be okay if she did which forces him to realize he doesn’t care about her anymore.
This is a small clip of that scene from the movie. The song Love Will Tear Us Apart then begins to play in the background. Deborah is frantically searching through a box of stuff maybe looking for her lost youth, searching for an answer to save her marriage, or just some impactful reminder which will cause Ian to remember how much he loves her still.
The black and white cinematography makes Control the Movie seems like art. It transports you back to a time when things were simpler. There was lots of turmoil in the 70’s all across the world and Great Britain was no exception.
Joy Division is a group which capitalized on this. Ian Curtis was the front man being played by Sam Riley who gives an outstanding performance. Samantha Morton also gives a stellar performance as Deborah the wife of Ian Curtis.
Deborah is the beautiful wife who wants to hold onto Ian despite his downward spiral into madness and ultimately a feeling he can’t shake which causes him to commit suicide at age 23.
Black and white Indy film made in 2007 which chronicles the life of Ian Curtis who founded Joy Division a punk rock band in the late 1970’s. Ian did the vocals and some occasional guitar.
Check out the trailer for the hip movie which had the Cannes film festival buzzing.
