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Out of interest, has anyone heard of this film?
Opinions?
When I first saw it, I was shocked. I'd been intruiged enough by the TV guide description ('50s film about heroine addiction) to afford it a couple of hours of late night procrastination, but given the era I expected them to deal with the topic in a fittingly.. nice manner.
But no! It's hard, grimey reality. And the film felt all the more poignant for the fact that its depiction of drug abuse isn't showcased in modern graphic exhibitionism.
Incredibly, it still felt hard hitting after a century of desensitization, as well as standing out as a great film beyond its shock factor and unique angle on drug addiction.
So for me, it was an instant classic (well, it did sort of take 50 years).
But nobody else seems to think so, cetrainly not when I picked it out of the 'cheap and lame' sale for £3 at virgin.
Meanwhile Citizen Kane and Casablanca float round the public consciousness, despite both being, well, a little bit crap.
What's going on? Am I the only person ever to have seen this? Or is there an underground army of believers, waiting for the day they'll heard everyone who bought Trainspotting into forced screenings?
Opinions?
When I first saw it, I was shocked. I'd been intruiged enough by the TV guide description ('50s film about heroine addiction) to afford it a couple of hours of late night procrastination, but given the era I expected them to deal with the topic in a fittingly.. nice manner.
But no! It's hard, grimey reality. And the film felt all the more poignant for the fact that its depiction of drug abuse isn't showcased in modern graphic exhibitionism.
Incredibly, it still felt hard hitting after a century of desensitization, as well as standing out as a great film beyond its shock factor and unique angle on drug addiction.
So for me, it was an instant classic (well, it did sort of take 50 years).
But nobody else seems to think so, cetrainly not when I picked it out of the 'cheap and lame' sale for £3 at virgin.
Meanwhile Citizen Kane and Casablanca float round the public consciousness, despite both being, well, a little bit crap.
What's going on? Am I the only person ever to have seen this? Or is there an underground army of believers, waiting for the day they'll heard everyone who bought Trainspotting into forced screenings?
Out of interest, has anyone heard of this film?
Opinions?
When I first saw it, I was shocked. I'd been intruiged enough by the TV guide description ('50s film about heroine addiction) to afford it a couple of hours of late night procrastination, but given the era I expected them to deal with the topic in a fittingly.. nice manner.
But no! It's hard, grimey reality. And the film felt all the more poignant for the fact that its depiction of drug abuse isn't showcased in modern graphic exhibitionism.
Incredibly, it still felt hard hitting after a century of desensitization, as well as standing out as a great film beyond its shock factor and unique angle on drug addiction.
So for me, it was an instant classic (well, it did sort of take 50 years).
But nobody else seems to think so, cetrainly not when I picked it out of the 'cheap and lame' sale for £3 at virgin.
Meanwhile Citizen Kane and Casablanca float round the public consciousness, despite both being, well, a little bit crap.
What's going on? Am I the only person ever to have seen this? Or is there an underground army of believers, waiting for the day they'll heard everyone who bought Trainspotting into forced screenings?
Opinions?
When I first saw it, I was shocked. I'd been intruiged enough by the TV guide description ('50s film about heroine addiction) to afford it a couple of hours of late night procrastination, but given the era I expected them to deal with the topic in a fittingly.. nice manner.
But no! It's hard, grimey reality. And the film felt all the more poignant for the fact that its depiction of drug abuse isn't showcased in modern graphic exhibitionism.
Incredibly, it still felt hard hitting after a century of desensitization, as well as standing out as a great film beyond its shock factor and unique angle on drug addiction.
So for me, it was an instant classic (well, it did sort of take 50 years).
But nobody else seems to think so, cetrainly not when I picked it out of the 'cheap and lame' sale for £3 at virgin.
Meanwhile Citizen Kane and Casablanca float round the public consciousness, despite both being, well, a little bit crap.
What's going on? Am I the only person ever to have seen this? Or is there an underground army of believers, waiting for the day they'll heard everyone who bought Trainspotting into forced screenings?
It'd have been better if you'd had just written 'never deals a joker'
Yeah, I love you Pete Doherty.
Yeah, I love you Pete Doherty.