joy division - doc. trailer - visual c.

i really recommend seeing this. great film and we all know the great music - joy division...

in 1976 four young men from ruined, post-industrial Manchester, England went to see the Sex Pistols. They formed a band, Joy Division. Three years later it was a matter of art, life and death. Now thirty years later, they are enjoying a larger audience and more influence than ever before with a profound legacy that resonates fiercely in today's heavily careerist music industry and over-mediated pop culture. Curtis found it increasingly difficult to perform at live concerts, and often had seizures during performances. Despite the band's growing success, vocalist Ian Curtis was beset with depression and personal difficulties, including a dissolving marriage and his diagnosis of epilepsy. On the eve of the band's first American tour in May 1980, Curtis committed suicide. ect...