Before the new wave there was New Order and before New Order there was Joy Division. According to synth-pop myth, it was a Sex Pistols concert in Manchester that triggered the genesis of Joy Division. It was the same event that eventually led to the formation of Manchester’s Factory Records, which signed Joy Division. And it’s that journey, taken by Factory founder Tony Wilson, that is “docudrama-ed” in the movie 24 Hour Party People. Directed by Michael Winterbottom, the movie has just been released on DVD. If you lived within the airwaves of Long Island in the 1980s and listened to WLIR (it’s back now, by the way), this may be the movie for you. (thanks Mena)