Joy Division

Filmmaker Grant Gee speaks with now-deceased Factory Records founder Tony Wilson; legendary producer Martin Hannett; surviving Joy Division band members Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, and Peter Hook; and the late Ian Curtis's Belgian lover Annik Honoré in order to offer a vivid snapshot of the ...more

The Ian Curtis story continues to attract music fans nearly 30 years after the young Brit’s tragic suicide by hanging. The makers of Joy Division know that Curtis' tale still fascinates, but they serve a different master with this simply titled, fully engrossing documentary. They set out to tell the story of Joy Division, the band that Curtis fronted, as it was the combination of memorable music and the band's collective creative contribution that built their illustrious, albeit limited, ...more