'Trainspotting' Meets 'Zodiac' in This Star Wars Actor's 10/10 Cult Classic Thriller
Danny Boyle's Shallow Grave, the precursor to Trainspotting, is a pitch-black comedy thriller in which everyone sucks..
Danny Boyle's Shallow Grave, the precursor to Trainspotting, is a pitch-black comedy thriller in which everyone sucks.
The short version
- When it came out, it seemed like a total bolt from the blue — unless you had already seen Shallow Grave .
- Shallow Grave , a nasty, low-rent Scottish black comedy from 1994, is kind of a dry run for Trainspotting .
- It was the first collaboration between the Trainspotting trio of McGregor, director Danny Boyle, and screenwriter John Hodge.
What happened
It was Boyle and Hodge's first movie, and only McGregor's second, and it certainly feels like a first film — it's edgy, nervy, eager to shock and to leave an impression, but also enjoyably flippant. It doesn't take itself too seriously.
Why it matters
Knowing the careers Boyle and McGregor went on to have, it's fascinating to watch now.
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