Remember the “Control” movie about Joy Division that basically came and went and had solid performances in a boring narrative, left you emotionally removed and overall was just meh?
Well, director Anton Corbijn’s well-intentioned, but snoozy paean to Ian Curtis swept the British Independent Film Awards last night. The film nabbed five trophies, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Newcomer (Sam Riley who played Curtis) and Best Supporting Actor (Toby Kebbell; the only award here we can fully support, he was outstanding – see our Breakout Performances piece).
Julien Temple’s warts and all celebration of his buddy “Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten” took the documentary award.