Re: Heroin, the movie
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Fri, 09 Apr 1999 11:31:47 -0600 (MDT)
Only if you don't have the time to read the novel by Irvine Welsch--it's
really much better than the film, I think.
Was Scottie really in that film?
will
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Sean Draine (Exchange) wrote:
>
> I suggest you rent "Trainspotting", a British film about a gaggle of
> Scottish heroin addicts. There is a scene in which the lead character does
> battle with what is billed as the most disgusting toilet in Scotland, which
> may be the most inspired cinematic moment in film history. Well, I got a
> kick out of it anyway.
>
> -Sean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Camille Scaysbrook [mailto:verona_beach@geocities.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 7:03 PM
> To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
> Subject: Re: why i wrote about cobain
>
>
>
> > The herion comment was a half joke, and literally it meant that a lot of
> > cobain's songs were about herion, which they were. settle down boy.
>
> Will someone please explain what Herion is? In Australia we have a brand of
> painkiller called Herron Paracetamol but I don't recall any one ever
> overdosing on that.
>
> Strangely, despite being a huge Nirvana fan (and a huge Smashing Pumpkins
> fan and a huge Grant Lee Buffalo, REM and Neil Young one for that matter)
> this strand of conversation has bored hell out of me. Guess I'm sick of
> everyone turning said deceased man into a cardboard
> cutout-cum-philosophical construct/archetype/ficitonal character.
>
> Camille
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