Re: Trainspotting

LR Pearson, Arts 99 (lp9616@bristol.ac.uk)
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:12:14 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)

On Mon, 13 Dec 1999 20:35:40 -0800 (PST) Gene Woo 
<pariah1980@yahoo.com> wrote:

 As for the last trainspotting
> post, I haven't heard of the book you're referring to,
> but I was wondering if perhaps that toilet scene
> really was a fantasy. Correct me if I'm wrong, but
> didn't Great Britain have septic tanks at one time?
> 
Yep, we sure did (I'm sure we weren't the only ones). But not usually 
in the middle of cities (not in the 19909s, anyway, even if it IS 
Glasgow). And, you couldn't really slide down into one via a toilet, so 
I definitely think Renton's journey into a (surprisingly attractive) 
underwater world is a fantasy sequence. I don't actually think that 
sequence is in the book, only the film, but I could be wrong. 
Personally, I thought the film was brilliant, far better than the book, 
which I found rather mediocre. "Malibu Stork Nightmares" is a much 
better Irvine Welsh book, and even then I'm not convinced he's worth 
devoting that much time to.


Love,

Lucy-Ruth

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