
Hey local people, anyone want to win a pair of tickets to see this Joy Division Documentary ? Thanks to Scott at The Images Festival , I have a pair of passes to give away. Simply enter by putting 'Joy Division' in the comments, I'll draw one lucky winner. Deadline to enter is Groundhog Day at Noon EST (Feb. 2nd). Here's the trailer. Looks amazing.
ARTIST: Joy Division - [Film] In Cinemas May 2, 2008 DATE: 04-30-08 REVIEW BY: Tatiana Simonian It's been a rather active decade for Joy Division considering the band have been out of order (so to speak) for almost 30 years. Their influence created a genre of its own in the early 2000s with bands like Interpol, She Wants Revenge and others owing quite a bit of their sound to the band, and branding of the band hit fever [view more]
Release Date: 05.02.08 (UK) With Punk it was easy to say 'fuck off,' anyone could say 'fuck off.' It took something different to say 'I'm fucked.' With nearly nothing new to say on the subject of the influential band, the new documentary feature Joy Division instead leaves it to the people who experienced the madness firsthand, as they take their rightful spots center stage and indulge our voyeuristic, knowledge-hungry, musically inclined persons. However, rather than simply take the talking-head approach to storytelling, director [...]
Release Date: 05.02.08 (UK) With Punk it was easy to say 'fuck off,' anyone could say 'fuck off.' It took something different to say 'I'm fucked.' With nearly nothing new to say on the subject of the influential band, the new documentary feature Joy Division instead leaves it to the people who experienced the madness firsthand, as they take their rightful spots center stage and indulge our voyeuristic, knowledge-hungry, musically inclined persons. However, rather than simply take the talking-head approach to storytelling, director [...]