by tim_bell | Apr 25, 2013 | Latest News
There’s no doubt that Trainspotting the film is about heroin. It shapes the narrative and the structure, and the film pretty well earns the alternative title of ‘A Junkie’s Progress’. De-personalising the issues, it goes like this: heroin is...
by tim_bell | Mar 29, 2013 | Latest News
If Renton’s character is in question (see previous blog), Johnny Swan (nickname Mother Superior) as a real character is barely even there! In the film he is mainly seen in his lurid, semi-derelict den, fulfilling the public perception of his trade as a dealer....
by tim_bell | Feb 28, 2013 | Latest News
The more I look at all the character Renton does in the film, I wonder if he doesn’t collapse under his own weight and if we are left with McGregor playing only a series of roles within the same persona. He begins the film, he punctuates it at the key moments,...
by tim_bell | Feb 9, 2013 | Latest News
I’ve emailed my correspondents with a link to the vpro.nl documentary which you can view online till the end of February 2013 at http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/afleveringen/1321636. Now what’s needed is a push to finish the book. At present I’m...
by tim_bell | Jan 28, 2013 | Latest News
vpro.nl screened the Trainspotting episode of their series of films on location last night, 27 January.You can see it on http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/afleveringen/1321636 I will be very interested in any comments you might like to post in the Guest Book.
