A recent documentary about my beloved Joy Division by Grant Gee is being streamed this week over at Pitchfork.tv. By all means, check it out. Back in the late 90s, during my late college days, I had a really difficult time finding much extra information to feed my Joy Division obsession. I had a dubbed copy of Here Are the Young Men (which actually contained a disclaimer encouraging people to make copies of the video) and some other bootlegs of dubious quality I got on a trip to Chicago. At one point, I honestly considered dropping everything to head over to Manchester in an effort to make a documentary about the band. Of course, I had no idea how to go about getting access to the people involved or even how to make a film (though I could make some pretty mean video mixtapes with my two VCR setup). So, I'm glad Mr. Gee picked up the ball when I dropped it.
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