Tag: T2: Trainspotting

Film review, T2: TRAINSPOTTING, from ‘Built For Speed’

Trainspotting (1996) was, for many, the defining film of Generation X, a hedonistic high-energy, cocktail of heroin addiction, pop-cultural critique and violent dysfunctional mateship. Filled with smart, lacerating dialogue and propelled by one of the best and most cleverly deployed soundtracks in movie history it was a ferocious statement of a youth culture questioning the consumerism, conservatism and political passivity

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 3rd March 2017

This Friday ‘Built For Speed’ speaks to Philippe Platel, Artistic Director of one of Melbourne’s finest annual cultural events the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival which runs from 8th to 30th March.  We’ll also take a look at the long-awaited sequel to ‘Trainspotting’, the oddly-named ‘T2: Trainspotting’ and Martin Scorsese’s religious epic ‘Silence’.  There’s plenty of fine music with indie

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