Control . . .

[zotz]

. . . gets a rapturous reception at Cannes.

Anyone got a copy of Side-line number 52? Apparently they had an interview with Annik Honoré.

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[(Anonymous)]

Re: your reply to my entry - I was thinking exactly the same thing but I thought I'd try to get confirmation. ;)

I'm looking forward to Control. It looks ace.

[ishkhara.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that last comment was me - I forgot I had logged out after posting! D'oh! ;)

[zotz]

It was fairly obvious under the circumstances. I thought you were just being secretive. I'll unscreen it, then . . .

[ishkhara.livejournal.com]

No, I was just being dumb. *lol*

[zotz]

Happens to everyone.

The Guardian likes Control as well:

"Corbijn's movie is shot in a stunning high-contrast monochrome, perversely turning Macclesfield's grimness into grandeur . . . It is in a way comparable to Michael Winterbottom's 24-Hour Party People, in which Riley incidentally played Mark E Smith, but far fiercer, and bleaker, and darker. Control gripped the audience at Cannes; it had atmosphere." (Four stars out of a possible 5)

"There was a palpable buzz on the Croisette yesterday as Control, Anton Corbijn's film about Joy Division, was given its premiere - to immediate critical acclaim . . . A star seemed to have been born in Sam Riley, who plays Ian Curtis - pulling off, audiences agreed, an uncannily accurate and charismatic portrayal."