Keswick Film Festival

Sunday 10th February 5:00 PM - Alhambra

Control

Director: Anton Corbijn Country: UK
Cert: 15 Year: 2007 Length: 122 mins
FebFilm 2008
Control

Audience Reaction

Score: 81.69% Attendance: 172

Links

  • More details on this film at the Internet Movie Database

Rock photographer Corbijn turns to movies ('shooting with a poet's eye', Rolling Stone) to fictionalise the brief life of Ian Curtis of Joy Division. Based on his widow's memoir, Cannes-award-winning Control brilliantly captures, in black and white, northern Britain in the late 70's, with a superb central performance – including singing – from newcomer Sam Riley, and fine self-effacing support from Samantha Morton. Both the lives and the music are superbly honoured.

Critics

open_quote
...the best film of the year: a tender, bleakly funny and superbly acted biopic
close_quote
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian







Supported by Film Hub North, led by Showroom Workstation. Proud to be part of the BFI Film Audience Network

Film Hub North BFI Film Audience Network