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“We wanted the film to have a vibrancy, to be larger than life”: Danny Boyle on Trainspotting
Thirty years after its release, Trainspotting is returning to cinemas. In our February 1996 issue, Geoffrey Macnab spoke to director Danny Boyle, screenwriter John Hodge and producer Andrew Macdonald about drugs, class and the state of British cinema.
By Geoffrey Macnab
“We wanted the film to have a vibrancy, to be larger than life”: Danny Boyle on Trainspotting