Radio, Live Transmission

I saw Control this past weekend, and it's as good as it looks. It manages not to be romantic or mythologizing about either Joy Division in general or Curtis in particular. Plus, it's visually stunning and Samantha Morton is terrific.

I was amazed to discover that the songs in the movie are actually played by the actors, none of whom (except the guy playing Curtis) had much in the way of band experience. They nail the look and the sound pretty much spot on.

Yeah, I heard a clip of them during a radio story about the film and would have assumed it was a bootleg from some performance by the real band.

Very glad you think it works as a film. I've been so impressed by the trailer (also available on YouTube) and by this mash-up that it's hard not to worry about getting my hopes up too much.

Visually it is one of the most stunning movies I've ever seen. Story wise it is alright, but it's kind of a rock cliche; hard to tell if that's just reality. Still, well worth seeing.

CONTROL opens at the Kendall Sq Cinema in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 26th -- I am counting the days...

E Street Cinema will run Control for one week, beginning November 2.

Thanks very much for that information. We've been scanning the newspaper in hopes of finding out when it would get here.

I will be counting the days. Don't remember the last time I looked forward to a movie as much as this.

E Street almost makes up for the implosion of the art-house market in DC over the past decade or so.