Re: Trainspotting
Gene Woo (pariah1980@yahoo.com)
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:42:49 -0800 (PST)
I agree that Irvine Welsh might not be singlehandedly
the next salinger, shakespeare or other, but the
collaboration between him, John Hodge, and others
created this great film. And thanks for the info on
the septic tanks. I actually chatted with Irvine
Welsh(at least that's what the site claimed. lol) and
I asked him what his thoughts on "Catcher in the Rye"
were and if he liked the book. He told me he hadn't
read it in a long time, but that it was one of the
books that inspired him to write.:)
--- "LR Pearson, Arts 99" <lp9616@bristol.ac.uk>
wrote:
>
> 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
>
> ----------------------
> LR Pearson, Arts 99
> lp9616@bristol.ac.uk
>
>
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