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Samantha Morton and Sam Riley star as Deborah and Ian Curtis, and the film portrays the events of the couple's lives from 1973 to 1980, focusing on their marriage, the formation and career of Joy Division, Ian's struggle with epilepsy, his extramarital affair with Belgian journalist Annik Honoré, and culminates with Ian's suicide in May, 1980.
Sep 26, 2007 · Recently viewed. Control: Directed by Anton Corbijn. With Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson. A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to die by suicide at the age of 23.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Anton Corbijn
- 2007-09-26
Sun, 10/21/2007 - 11:45. Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth. The new movie Control chronicles the rise of Joy Division and the demise of Ian Curtis, the epileptic lead singer of the band. The movie is beautifully shot in black and white and features the sound of the post punk movement in England , Manchester to be precise, in 1976.
Oct 10, 2007 · Already depressed by his epilepsy and struggling to balance his day job in the unemployment office with that of married life and his band commitments, Ian Curtis then added an affair into the...
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Ian Curtis suffered from epilepsy, a condition which I'm not sure he fully understood. It seems to have come upon him around 20, and sometimes during a stage performance, we see him moving spasmodically and wonder if performing triggers episodes.
Starring Samantha Morton (Minority Report, Sweet and Lowdown) and Alexandra Maria Lara (Downfall, Youth Without Youth) and featuring an incredible performance from newcomer Sam Riley as Ian...
Ian also suffers from epilepsy and has no-good medication for it. He doesn't know how to handle the feelings he has for Debbie and Annik and the pressure the popularity of Joy Division and the energy performing costs him.
