Control

Last night I was watching the 2207 film Control, directed by Anton Corbijn. The film tells the true story of Ian Curtis (played by Sam Riley) who grows up in the Macclesfield area of England duing the 1970s, works in the local Job Centre and marries his high school girlfriend Debbie (Samantha Morton). He is also the lyricist and lead singer of local band Joy Division, who quickly start to become one of the most influential bands of the British post-punk movement of the early 1980s. However as the band increasingly become more famous, Curtis starts an affair with a Belgian journalist and soon the pressures of fame, combined with his increasingly complex private life and his severe bouts of epilepsy cause him increasing problems. The movie is beautifully shot and very well-acted. The film is based on the book Touching From a Distance by Deborah Curtis, Ian's wife, and the director, Anton Corbijn, knew the band pretty well having worked with them on several music videos. In it's look and style, the film has a lot in common with the British social realist, or "kitchen sink", films that were churned out during the 1950s and 1960s.

I took a half day from work today and then went to the travel agent to find out about prices and schedules for my holiday. After that I went and met my Dad to have a look at cameras and we went back to my parent's house for dinner, so that was nice.