Featuring:
Bernard
Summer, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Ian Curtis 1hr 40mins
We are very pleased to be able
to welcome the Director of Joy Division, Grant Gee, who will introduce the
film.
Highly acclaimed
documentary by Grant Gee.
On June 4 1976, four young men from ruined,
post-industrial Manchester, England went to see a Sex Pistols show at the
Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall. Inspired by the gig that is now credited
with igniting the Manchester music scene, they formed what was to become one
of the world's most influential bands, Joy Division.
Now, thirty years later, despite a tragedy that
was to cut them off in their prime, they are enjoying a larger audience and
more influence than ever before, with a profound legacy that resonates
fiercely in today's heavily manufactured pop culture.
Featuring the unprecedented participation of all
the surviving band members (now known as New Order), 'Joy Division'
examines the band's story as depicted through never-before-seen live
performance footage, personal photos, period films and newly discovered
audiotapes. With poignant narratives from Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and
Stephen Morris, as well as accounts from Throbbing Gristle musician Genesis
P. Orridge, late legendary Factory Records owner Tony Wilson, iconic Factory
Records graphic artist Peter Saville, photographer/filmmaker Anton Corbijn,
Belgian journalist Annik Honoré (speaking for the first time about her
relationship with Ian Curtis) and others, the film is a fresh visual account
of a unique time and place.
From director Grant Gee, Joy Division
chronicles a time of great social and political change in England and tells
the untold story of four men who transcended economic and cultural barriers
to produce an enduring musical legacy.
Official film site:
JOY DIVISION
