Isolation is a documentary film by Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull completed in 2009.
The atmospheric documentary centers around the life of Stuart Griffiths, an ex-Paratrooper, who has since become a renowned social photographer. He journeys through England encountering ex-soldiers, experiencing the physical and emotional scars of life after the Army.
The film premiered at the Edinburgh film festival in June 2009.
"Isolation" is a 1980 song appearing on the post-punk band Joy Division's second album, Closer. The song is based upon an electronic drum beat by Stephen Morris, accompanied by a high-pitched keyboard line by Bernard Sumner. Midway through the song, a rushing drum and hi-hat motif come in, propelling the song toward its dramatic end in what resembles a compact disc skipping (though the song predates the format), followed by a sudden electronic crescendo. In his book "Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division", Peter Hook reveals the ending came as the serendipitous result of Martin Hannett's efforts to rescue the original master tape from a botched edit by a junior sound engineer.
The song also appears on the Heart and Soul box set and on Permanent. A live version from the band's last concert appears on Still. The song is also used in the 2007 Joy Division biopic Control.
Isolation is the second studio album by Australian hardcore punk band Carpathian. The album peaked at No. 19 on the Australian ARIA Charts. The song "'Permanent" takes lyrics from "Something Must Break" by Joy Division. The title track and "Ceremony" also share their names with Joy Division songs. It reached No. 1 in the ShortFastLoud top 40 countdown of the year on triple J.
Cypher is an alternative spelling for cipher.
Cypher may also refer to:
Cypher is the fourth album by industrial black metal band ...And Oceans. The original name of the album was set to be Insect Angels and Devil Worms, but was changed.
Cypher is a supervillain created by Chuck Dixon and Michael Netzer, who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Cypher is primarily an adversary of Batman and Tim Drake.
The character made his debut in Detective Comics Vol. 1 #657 (March 1993) and was killed off in Robin Vol. 4 #2 (December 1993).
Avery Twombey is a corporate spy and mercenary with hypnotic abilities, though his actual past is unknown. When the government hired three separate companies, including Wayne Enterprises, to start working on different pieces of a secret military project, Cypher was hired to assassinate the three CEOs of the companies. After successfully killing two of the CEOs, he went after Wayne Enterprises' CEO Lucius Fox. As he was about to force Lucius Fox to jump off a bridge via hypnotic suggestion, he was taken down by Robin (Tim Drake) as Fox was saved by Batman and Azrael. Cypher was sent to Blackgate Penitentiary.
At Blackgate, Cypher formulated an escape plan with other inmates including Cluemaster, Electrocutioner and the Baffler. After a failed attempt to use his abilities on the other inmates, who evaded his hypnotism with earplugs, Cypher was shot and killed by Cluemaster.