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The first time I heard Joy Division...simply put, it was an awakening.  Yeah, I knew and loved New Order, the band that emerged after Ian Curtis' tragic suicide consisting of Joy Division's remaining members (Bernard Sumner/Peter Hook/Stephen Morris).  But on a whim, I picked up the Joy Division compilation Substance to see what all the fuss was about....and I was blown away.  Joy Division took the manic, raw energy of punk, and added atmospherics and mood...setting the stage for countless moody rockers from the '80s on through the new millenium. 

How could a single band sound simple...yet so complex, so sparce yet so immense?  Peter Hook's droning baselines, Bernard Sumner's skittering lead guitar, Stephen Morris' machinistic drums...and that voice, God that voice...Ian Curtis sounded both assertive and panicked at the same time.  Sadly, this post-punk pioneer never got to see just how influential his little band from Manchester would become.  On the eve of the band's first US tour in the spring of 1980, Curtis hung himself.  The act a culmination of ill health (Curtis suffered from epilepsy), a failing marriage and severe depression that went untreated.  Curtis was just 23....

Now famed music photographer and videographer Anton Corbijn makes his feature film debut with "Control" based on Deborah Curtis' (Curtis' widow) famed biography Touching from a Distance.  The movie has gained quite a bit of press and hype after it's debut at the Cannes Film Festival winning the festival's Official Selection.  As a fan...I can't wait to see this.  Check out the trailer for the "Control" by clicking on the poster below:

Again, being a Joy Division fan...I think this is going to be a classic.  But what about you out there?  What are some of your favorite music films?