Dec02

Filth — The Results of Self Hatred

Based on the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name, and typical of its author’s material, Filth offers a cynical, corrupt world replete with sexual emasculation and a seemingly endemic Scottish self-hatred. Anyone familiar with Trainspotting should recall that Scotland is not even good enough to be filled with Wankers. Instead they’re a country “colonized by Wankers.” […]

 

 

Danny Boyle’s film plays like a rave. And, if you’ve seen Kids, you know it can’t end well.