http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/28/control/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:14:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/28/control/#comment-8197 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:47:19 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/control/#comment-8197 It’s really a awesome movie. I see that movie many times because of it’s music as well as stars work into the movie is extraordinary.

]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/02/28/control/#comment-309 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:10:10 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/control/#comment-309 A remarkable low-key film that doesn't effect you until it's over. You don't have to know anything about Joy Division to be moved by this film and to realize their music was an expression of their dronelike existence in a small industrial town, mirrored by every frame of the beautiful black and white cinematography. Ian Curtis, as portrayed by Sam Riley, is no hero or even the typical charismatic rock star but a too-sensitive young man who is torn apart by mixed loyalties to women in ways most men never agonize over. His life is over before it's barely begun. Just as his wings should be taking flight, he cuts them off. But it's done without sentimentality or emotion and while you want something more while you're watching it,  it hits you like a brick later. The kind of brilliant first effort that's too good for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to ever notice at first glance.

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