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Joy Division biopic out on DVD

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Rock photographer and artist Anton Corbijn resurrects fallen Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis in Control, a stark portrait of his late 1970s English band. Based on Touching from a Distance, the biography penned by Curtis’ wife Deborah, Control renders in gorgeous black-and-white Curtis’ struggles with stage fright, epilepsy and his own tortured genius. Joy Division’s brooding soundscapes set the tone for this mesmerizing biopic. Rated R. (Photo credit:  Courtesy Weinstein Company)