This 1988 video, directed by Anton Corbijn, who also directed the Ian Curtis Biopic Control (2007), was released in 1988 to accompany the re-release of this single Atmosphere by Joy Division.
This dark and mind boggling video, features characters wearing black-hooded cloaks and white burial shrouds. In fact, when released, it was heavily criticized from the public, who claimed that it mythologized the death of the band’s lead singer, Ian Curtis.
Whatever the public says, Joy Division wrote some of the ‘darkest and saddest songs’ around, even if they were not a metal band (generally people associate mostly doom and other metal songs with darkness, sadness etc). Therefore this video, perfectly blended with the re-release of the single Atmosphere, and by right makes an emphasis on remembering the great Ian Curtis.
