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Why is it called "Trainspotting"?
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They wanted heroin.. 0 0 0. Directed by Danny Boyle. Go to first unread Skip to page: Quick Reply. I'm on the way to buy the book, having seen and memorized the film years ago. These young people were in the same area but they were not interested in trains. Trainspotting is the practice of watching trains, particularly as a hobby, with the aim of noting distinctive characteristics.. Where did trainspotting come from?.
Why the film is called 'Trainspotting' is never explained but if you read the book by Irvine Welsh, there is a chapter called 'Trainspotting at Leith Central Station' which is presumed to be the reason for the title 'Trainspotting'.
Trainspotting came to the attention of most Americans through the 1996 film of that name (directed by Danny Boyle, and based on the book by Irvine Welsh). Page 1 of 1. 4 years ago. The title is a reference to an episode from the novel where Begbie ( Robert Carlyle ) and Renton ( Ewan McGregor ) meet "an auld drunkard" in the disused Leith Central railway station, where they mean to use a toilet. What does trainspotting mean?.
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With Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd. In regards to why it is called 'Trainspotting' it is because when Welsh was growing up in Edinburgh there was a abandoned train station that drug addicts used to use to pin up in. 0. reply. Submit reply. Because the book was called Trainspotting.
Why is the film "Trainspotting" called Trainspotting?
Some people in Britain actually go out in the country and watch the trains.
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. I think there is a chapter called Trainspotting in Leith, and this is the bit of the film when they go up the hills with Tommy and are by the station. Having just ridden the AmTrak (American passenger rail) for 16 hours thru the midwest and grown up around freight rail, I am curious.