"Control" making a splash @ Cannes

Dutchie director/newbie director Anton Corbijn's film about Joy Division named "Control" is getting applause at Cannes. This gives me hope, because let's face it - with the news of Elijah Wood playing Iggy Pop - we're just set up to be disappointed regarding music-based film stories. The praise surrounding this, the excitement surrounding this, leads me to be excited about the film's US release.

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"Control" official movie site

As reported by the BBC:
A British film about the life and death of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, starring a first-time actor, has earned a rapturous reception in Cannes. Unknown Sam Riley said he was "working in a warehouse in Leeds folding shirts" when he was cast to star in Control. Debut film director Anton Corbijn said the newcomer had brought "an innocence and freshness that I was hoping for but never thought I would find". The surviving members of Joy Division, who became New Order, have seen the finished film, Corbijn said. "They hardly ever agree on anything together, but they have agreed that they all love the film." The movie opened the 60th Cannes Film Festival's Director's Fortnight.
More here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6667197.stm