I went to see the film Control over the weekend. In case you're not familiar with it, it's the Anton Corbijn film about the life of Ian Curtis (singer of Joy Division) based on the book "Touching from a Distance" by his wife, Deborah. I went alone because those friends old enough to remember were busy and the others are too young to know who New Order are, let alone Joy Division... It's a good thing I did, now that I think about it...

Visually, it was raw, yet beautiful. The B&W images do real justice to Anton Corbijn's amazing photographic ability (for a bit more about him on Wikipedia, please check here). While being quite stunningly beautiful, it was also quite devoid of connection with it's characters - probably due to the disconnection that the wife eventually felt in her marriage. Being that the film was based on her perspective, this entirely makes sense.

I really enjoyed this film - if you could call it enjoyed. The nostalgia of it all brought back so many feelings. Mostly of angst, but also it reminded me of a time where creativity was fueled by the insecurity of existence and one's place in the world. I was ready to resurrect my goth wardrobe and sink back into the depths of that part on my psyche. The only trouble with that is that I'd have to turn my back on the banality of working and surviving in the adult world that I've slipped into.

One interesting thing that happened at the cinema was seeing the three women in the queue ahead of me - two were well-dressed pensioners and a younger woman. I thought the pensioners were quite progressive seeing a film about a post-punk singer of the 1970's. It wasn't until I saw them depart after the first ten minutes of "Control" that I realized they must have thought they were going to see a different film. I cannot remember what was playing there last week but it's an art house cinema and plays soem pretty eclectic fare. The whole situation was quite cute but also slightly amusing.

What about you out there? Seen any good films lately?