Breaking the Waves -- and Trainspotting

[Rodney Welch]

Rodney Welch wrote:
> 
> I can't help you one single bit, since I haven't seen the movie --
> however, I did see another movie this weekend that clearly suggested a
> GR antecedent. The movie is TRAINSPOTTING -- I have no idea what the
> title means; presumably it's about mainlining heroin -- and there is a
> surreal scene where a young man crawls all the way into a toilet. Sounds
> kinda Slothropian, no? -- RW
> 
> Keith Brecher wrote:
> >
> > When I saw Lars Von Triers' remarkable new movie "Breaking the Waves," the
> > person I was with said: "Hey, man, that was a great movie, but what the
> > hell does the title mean?" We had no idea, but recently, re-reading GR, I
> > came across the phrase "the breaking of the wave" in the Roger/Jessica
> > church visit episode and I've since wondered whether this might not be the
> > source of the film's mysterious title. Independently of "Breaking the
> > Waves," I sort of thought Von Trier's earlier release "Zentropa" showed
> > evidence of TRP influence, but I dismissed that sort of thinking as paranoid.
> >   Does anybody else think the title from "Breaking the Waves" comes from
> > GR? How about TRP's influence on Von Trier?
> >
> > Keith_Brecher at brown.edu