Did marketing fail Ian Curtis of the Joy Division?

I'm excited too, though I haven't seen the movie yet...:)

as for Curtis' condition, things were really bleak and he reached the point of no return. No! it wasn't just a matter of financial problems. I remember I had read an interview of Bernard Sumner in summer of 99. the question he was given was similar to yours. He claimed it was really difficult to guess as Ian was very ill at that time-something now we know for sure.

Bernard Sumner: "It's hard to imagine because Ian was very ill. I can't imagine him in the '90s. He once threatened to go off and buy a cornershop in Bournemouth. It was an off-license that sold books as well, I think that was his idea. These mad, completely illogical thoughts used to come into his head from time to time. So maybe eventually he would have done that. I think he would have been a writer, because he was always reading books and he was always writing anyway. Or maybe he would have retired a millionaire by now, who knows? Silly sod."

Also don't forget that the medicine used to treat epilepsy back then weren't that good and had lot of side effects.

And both women of his life-Deborah and Annik- were quite dominant characters. And Tony Wilson couldn't manage his own personal life, let alone Curtis. And the other band members were careful about his medical needs(no strong lights, no cameras...) but maybe had not realise his personal problems. And don't forget, they were 20year olds-that says a lot.......

I don't know if Curtis would have survived had promotion help him, but I suppose that if he had that would be a Phyric victory.