What are some of the best films about musicians?
Anyone who saw a live performance from Ian Curtis and Joy Division in the 1980s would find the experience difficult to forget. In Anton Corbijn’s dark drama, for example, the bleak black and white photography framing the urban mundanity its principle characters seek to free themselves of, Curtis’ baritone vocals and staccato swagger are recreated with a nightmarish intensity courtesy of Sam Riley’s performance.
The stand out moment is Corbijn’s overlay of Joy Division’s most famous song “Love Will Tear Us Apart” with a scene featuring Curtis telling his wife that it is okay to sleep with other men, culminating in her searching his belongings to reveal who he’s been unfaithful with.
This top 10 looks at the various ways music writers, players and performers have been depicted in cinema.
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