How amazing? It came out whilst I was at Uni and I'm watching the angry, dank, angst, energy of the film now. Wow.
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Trainspotting
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Top of my list that one. An understated masterpiece.
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Truly brilliant film. The pub where Begbie throws the glass off the balcony used to be my local.
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Great film, and turned me on to Irvine Welsh.
Glue/Porno I must have read 20 times each.
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Get a copy of "IF" about life in a public school, great film lots of twists and no bad language or sex scenes.
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Project it does have the first full frontal nudity in a British film.
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Up there with lock stock and pulp fiction
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One of my fave films everer...read the book, once you're used to reading in the venacular its a masterpiece of grim n filth.
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Pigface , must have missed that bit then.
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Wow bellerophon bang on. I have to agree.
If I didn't see Pulp Fiction recently (not seen for yrs and yrs until last week) I'd have disagreed.
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Trainspotting is a better as a film than as a book.
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I tried to read the book once. Got to the bottom of the first page after about 15 mins of reading and re-reading then put it down.
It (the film) somehow manages to add comedy, very strong characters, realism and a cracking soundtrack to a very grim and tragic story.
I love how it got criticised for promoting drug use. Only an imbecile would think it promotes drug use.
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I wouldn't mind 'Filth' being made into a film.
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Trainspotting is a better as a film than as a book
Got to disagree. The scene where he is fishing around in the toilet comes across a bit comic in the film but is desperate in the book - much betterPosted 4 months ago # -
spuds job interview on acid was epic.
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Filth was a grim read.
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Surrounded By Zulus - Member
Truly brilliant film. The pub where Begbie throws the glass off the balcony used to be my local.
I always thought it looked like upstairs at the Guildford Arms, no?Posted 4 months ago # -
The pub in which Begbie throws a pint glass off a balcony is Crosslands, located on Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow. The pub has an oil painting depicting the scene hung in the upstairs area - Wiki.
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I love the bit where Tommy takes them on a nice invigorating Highland walk and Renton does that speech about being Scottish!
Then they all come home and get back on Heroin 
for a tougher film of the same period about disillusionment and dislocation try Mike Leighs Naked. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107653/
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The book is so much better than the film and captures the horror so much more than the film was
TBH i was disappointed with the film but I dont see how you can capture the inner thought on filmPosted 4 months ago # -
plus you have to read the book in a Scottish accent ya wee radge!
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I thought it was depressing shit. A study in human failure.
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All Irvine welsh's books are great. Filth, acid house, ecstasy, porno, marabou stork nightmares and if you liked school you'll love work.
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Humans do all sorts. stick to Disney lowey.
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If...?
no sex scenes.
really?
I seem to recall a rather fruity black and white scene involving roaring and a motorbike...We were shown it in English Lit class once. The master didnt know which way to look
It was filmed at my old school dontchaknow
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I wouldn't mind 'Filth' being made into a film.
Filming in Glasgow right now I believe.Posted 4 months ago # -
Sad thing for Ewan MacGregor is its still the best thing he's ever done.
I thought it was depressing shit. A study in human failure
Did you watch till the end? Not for Renton it wasn't.
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yeah, Renton became and Estate Agent *Shudders*
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Did you watch it until the end?
Then he pissed off into the sunset with the drug money
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I wouldn't mind 'Filth' being made into a film.
I'm not even sure that's possible, especially as the only remotely likeable charater happens to be a tapeworm!
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ahh, the old cash and sunset denouement, surprised he didn't have a hot babe as well. spoilt it for me a bit. it would've been better and more realistic if he carried on just being an estate agent!
what's this?.. strangely then he ran out of cash and had to do a sequel! http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/dec/07/danny-boyle-trainspotting-sequel where is it?
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I thought the book was 10 times better and really dark , read the chapter 'bad Blood' and disagree. I thought Porn and filth were his best books as they both had Juice Terry who made sickboy look like Harry Potter.
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I'm new to his Novels. Which one first?
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I thought Trainspotting was rubbish. Like an ITV drama stretched out over a couple of hours.
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