Strummer & Curtis at Cannes!

Written by Ken Foster

Read our preview of the only 2 british films at Cannes 2007! 

Directed by acclaimed music photographer Anton Corbijn and based on Deborah Curtis' 'Touching from a Distance', Control is the story of Ian Curtis's life from the inception of Joy Division to his tragic suicide. Rumoured to concentrate heavily on his affair with Annik Honore (which was understandably glossed over in the book) the film features newcomer Sam Riley as Curtis. As well as being a long awaited project in the making the band has been endorsed by New Order who have provided music for the soundtrack along with unreleased Warsaw and Joy Division material.

As if that wasn't enough there's also the first chance to see the Joe Strummer documentary 'The Future Is Unwritten'.
As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people’s lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. In “The Future Is Unwritten”, from British film director Julien Temple, Joe Strummer is revealed not just as a legend or musician, but as a true communicator of our times.

Drawing on both a shared punk history and the close personal friendship which developed over the last years of Joe’s life, Julien Temple’s film is a celebration of Joe Strummer – before, during and after the Clash.