24 Hour Party People (2002)

Sean Harris: Ian Curtis

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Quotes 

• Ian Curtis : [listening to their recording of "She's Lost Control"]  I sound like Bowie.

  Tony Wilson : That's good. You like Bowie.

  Ian Curtis : [annoyed]  I hate fuckin' Bowie! In "All The Young Dudes" he sings about how you should die when you're twenty-five. Do you know how old he is? He's thirty, twenty-nine, something. He's a liar.

  Tony Wilson : Look, it doesn't matter. A lot of great artists produce their best work when they're... older. You know, W.B. Yeats...

  Ian Curtis : I've never heard of him, mate.

  Tony Wilson : Yeats is the greatest poet since Dante. If he'd have died when he was twenty-five...

  Ian Curtis : I would have heard of him, Tony!

• Ian Curtis : [shouting across the bar]  Wilson, ya fucking cunt!

  Tony Wilson : That's original.

  [to Rob] 

  Tony Wilson : Your drink's coming. Is he a friend of yours?

  Rob Gretton : Yeah, he's our singer.

  Ian Curtis : [crossing the bar to approach Tony]  Out of the way, Steve.

  Tony Wilson : Hi, Tony Wilson, pleased to meet you.

  [Ian just glowers at him wordlessly] 

  Tony Wilson : ... Is he gonna hit me? You're quite close to me there.

  Ian Curtis : Yeah, I know, I wanna be.

  Tony Wilson : Why?

  Ian Curtis : 'Cos you're a cunt, mate.

  Tony Wilson : I know, I heard you the first time.