Proof That Studio Execs Really Are Idiots.

One of the movies I'm most excited about for the rest of the year is the upcoming Ian Curtis biopic, "Control." Now granted (especially in the U.S.) not everyone knows that Ian Curtis was the lead singer for Joy Division until committing suicide in 1980. You figure though that most people who are interested in the movie would know it and you have to figure that those who are DISTRIBUTING the movie would know. You think maybe they would have watched it or something given that they're responsible for putting it out into the world. Apparently not. This from drownedinsound.com:

Shortlist magazine has revealed that distributors in the US, working the new Anton Corbijn film Control, asked if Joy Division could perform live at the US premiere.

Says Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook (pictured):

"Someone from the film's US distributor's office phoned up saying that the New York premiere was on 25 September and would Joy Division play?

"I replied, 'Well, the last I heard, the lead singer was dead but I'll give them a ring and see if anything has changed'."

Control, which focuses on Joy Division singer Ian Curtis' life and eventual suicide on May 18 1980, is released in the UK on Friday (October 5); its soundtrack compilation, featuring David Bowie, The Sex Pistols and The Buzzcocks alongside the obvious two, is out now on Warner Music.

All Bob can say is...wow. Maybe they didn't want to release it with that ending. As I learned in "The TV Set," "suicide is depressing to like 82 percent of everybody."