Yet another grim black and white , English biopic about a pop antihero , but then again soap operas never interested me - anyway :)
Joy Division were never a band I particularly liked, although I saw them performing Transmission - many years later and this really stuck in my mind , and I’ve only recently discovered the sleeve design for their Closer record , so I thought I’d give this movie a go .
Set in Northern England , filmed entirely in black and white , it’s a rollercoaster ride of what I would call tragedy and wit - like ……. “play Joy Division you c**t …..” , and of course being an off the wall type of film - no doubt - doomed to obscurity to all but fans of the band , the total Englishness of it all will probably further alienate a wider audience outside of this sceptic isle.
I think the right wing leanings of the name - Joy Division - probably stopped me from
exploring their music any further in the past , plus the fact the lyrics are filled with death , isolation and urban decay probably played its part too , but the music in the film had a strangely hypnotic quality , which I will take another look at .
Now if I could only take a photograph like that on Closer…………..:)
