Friday, October 19, 2018

Heavenly Films ... JOY DIVISION Q&A in which Jon Savage goes to the mystic

Went to see Grant Gee’s documentary ‘Joy Division’ - "the definitive documentary about the Manchester band. Written by Jon Savage and featuring candid interviews with Bernard Sumner, Tony Wilson, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris. It captures perfectly the era and the city that gave birth to one of the UK’s most important post punk groups."
Yes ... and very moving.
On the way home I felt for his wife, Debbie.
I know she's written a book. She was absent in the movie.
Jon said simply, she didn't want to be in it.
Understandable.
I felt she was generous in remaining absent.
Her marriage smashed (?, what do I know) by the girlfriend in the film.
The film of course, after all, is about the band.
And for the record, the night before his death, before Joy Division were getting on the plane to go to the States (and super stardom most likely) he had said he didn't want a divorce.
Painful.
What an extraordinary spirit he was.
There was talk of him being channeled and it certainly appeared that way.
At the Q&A Jon Savage mentioned that he'd gone to see a mystic. So we were in on an EXCLUSIVE ... I caught a bit about what Jon said about that.
(Also  It was good to hear in the Q&A afterwards that Bernard and Peter Hook have resolved their differences recently.)

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