Joy Division

I highly recommend the arty, black and white movie, Control. It came out in 2007, and I was resistant to seeing the film because I thought I didn't know any songs about the subject of Control, the band Joy Division. I was wrong because I love this one below.



I was absorbed as the characters drew me in -- partly due to inner demons torturing the lead singer of Joy Division, Ian Curtis, played by Sam Riley, and partly because of Samantha Morton's stellar acting as Deborah Curtis, Ian's wife. Although Ian Curtis' dysfunction was a major theme of the movie, the film showcased his massive talent and made his torment chillingly relatable. Some say that Joy Division laid the foundation to the melancholy alternative music that I love now, and for all these reasons, you should watch this exhilarating and moving film too!