ah've been catching up on some fave movies lately, thanx to netflix. last night ah watched control [ian curtis biopic] and today was 24 hour party people, about the brilliant tony wilson. of course, both touched on ian curtis suicide, so ah'm feeling rather down today. on the upside, steve coogan did a fab job of portraying tony wilson. ah cun' ( Read more... )

according to this website new order, david bowie, roxy music & kraftwerk will be on the soundtrack for the "control" movie. ah so desperately want to see this movie. if it doesn't show in mah area, ah will cry emo tears. ah'll probably cry mah eyes out anyway becos we all know how it ends, aye? ah actually had the deborah curtis book at one ( Read more... )

ah guess everyone has heard tony wilson died this weekend? what a sad day indeed. he provided a big part of the music ah listened to - hell, ah still listen to - whilst growing up. but he also had a great sense o' humour and never seemed to take himself all that seriously, altho he was serious about music. ah'm trying to imagine mah life w/o ( Read more... )

from remembertheeighties.com:

"JOY DIVISION frontman IAN CURTIS' biopic movie 'Touching From A Distance' has been confirmed to go ahead with rock photographer Anton Corbijn directing and Curtis' widow Deborah and Factory Records' boss TONY WILSON acting as co-producers. Casting is to begin in March with filming starting in Manchester in July ( Read more... )