Trainspotting & toilet diving

[Ethan Jones]

Those who've gone all out and actually read the Irvine Welsh novel (who 
appears in the film by the way) will note that the original toilet scene 
isn't much like that in the motion picture -- slightly more gratuitously 
scatological than most audiences feel comfortable.  The first time I saw 
the movie -- it opened months and months ago in the UK -- I didn't much 
care for the fantasy dreamy Brian Eno-y thing, but subsequent viewings 
have endeared the scene to my heart.  I don't think it any sort of 
un-safe call to suspect a Pynchon influence, nor would it be in any way 
an inappropriate or disrespectful act on the part of director Danny Boyle.

Choosing life and a fucking big TV,
eejones