The 2004 romantic drama unexpectedly influenced by Joy Division: “Not very racy”
Far Out Magazine explores how Joy Division's bleak final album, Closer, inspired the title and tone of Patrick Marber's 1997 play of the same name, which was later adapted into the 2004 film Closer, directed by Mike Nichols. Marber revealed that he borrowed the title from the band after abandoning a working title, "An Obituary…