Trainspotting & toilet diving

[Teen Age Riot]

At 12:33 PM 8/13/96 -0400, Ethan Jones wrote:
>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.
>
Finally got around to seeing Trainspotting last night, and was pretty
impressed.  Yet with all the comparisons Iv'e heard made about the flick(The
Commitments, Drugstore Cowboy, etc.), I can't believe no one's mentioned A
Clockwork Orange: I found it way reminiscent in terms of style, humor, and
just general mood.

Good flick, tho, way good flick.

Al
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