Last night Richard and I watched the movie “Control”, about Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Division. Sam Riley, who I’d never heard of, plays Ian Curtis, and is completely convincing and awesome. I say that as someone who has suffered from clinical depression and neurological conditions (Curtis was epileptic)… he sure convinced me. And by that I mean WAHHHHHhhhhhh I cried and felt deeply affected.
Also of note was that the movie (although shot in color) was printed to black and white, and this fascinated me. I found myself wondering why producers don’t do this more often. The effect was stunning. I think it keeps the eye trained on form (why else did I notice the cinematography constantly?) and on the acting. I was compelled to take about 60 screen shots from the movie for further study.
Anyway. This inspired me to process some photos of my eyes in black and white. While watching the movie, I kept noticing that the irises of people with light-colored eyes looked particularly interesting in black and white.
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Coincidentally my husband has that from Netflix right now. We’ve been fans of Anton Corbijn and Joy Division for a long time, so I look forward to seeing it.
Oh, I bet you will love it. I didn’t even know who Corbijn was until I saw the movie, so now I’m looking forward to checking out some of his photography books…!
First off, congrats on your blog up and running again Jess. The bird pics are beautiful and I really like this one as well.
Yes, this is a movie I’ve been wanting to see for a while now, and possibly buy. Been both a Joy Division Fan and Anton fan for nearly twenty years now (damn, I’m getting old) and I heard good things about this one. It’s cool seeing how you relate your appreciation for cinematography to this film. I highly recommend reading “Touching from a Distance”, written by Curtis’ wife. part of me couldn’t help nearly hating the guy, after reading what he put her though, yet I’ve come to realize much of it was a result of his condition. This reminds me of a blog post I read from a Blogger friend yesterday, who makes some of my all time favorite music. He came clean an revealed how his recently diagnosed bipolar disorder caused him to nearly commit suicide several times during the process of recording his greatest album yet (he can’t even listen to it now) until he finally got the proper treatment. I never met the guy in person, but after listening to his music for some time now, it broke my heart to read this and nearly made me cry as well. If only Ian found the proper treatment then, he might still be around. I’d say the only good thing to come out of Ian’s passing was New Order, whose music I love even more (I have to admit, listening to Joy Division for too long actually makes me depressed, seriously).
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