Intriguingly, Polley said in an interview somewhere around the time of TIFF that she was confronted with all of this rhetoric about how her second movie, no matter how good it was, would be tarred as a "sophomore slump."  So, she just decided to make what she wanted to make.  So it's a bit more raw, a bit more…

Intriguingly, Polley said in an interview somewhere around the time of TIFF that she was confronted with all of this rhetoric about how her second movie, no matter how good it was, would be tarred as a "sophomore slump."  So, she just decided to make what she wanted to make.  So it's a bit more raw, a bit more…

Oh, yeah, it's easy to see how the basically goes into stasis or decline.  And maybe if you really stretched your mind, you could see how really expensive oil, global warming, and an even worse depression than we are in now could equal a crapsack world, but I'm not sure that's really "post-apocalyptic."  (Though, come…

Oh, yeah, it's easy to see how the basically goes into stasis or decline.  And maybe if you really stretched your mind, you could see how really expensive oil, global warming, and an even worse depression than we are in now could equal a crapsack world, but I'm not sure that's really "post-apocalyptic."  (Though, come…

If anything, though, post-apocalyptic literature made more sense in the context of the 1980s.  I mean, there was a serious threat that the world would be nearly destroyed in a nuclear war and that almost no one would survive.  When I read a few post-apocalyptic books in the 1988-1991 period, I totally accepted the…

If anything, though, post-apocalyptic literature made more sense in the context of the 1980s.  I mean, there was a serious threat that the world would be nearly destroyed in a nuclear war and that almost no one would survive.  When I read a few post-apocalyptic books in the 1988-1991 period, I totally accepted the…

Indeed.

@avclub-85d8ce590ad8981ca2c8286f79f59954:disqus Yeah, it's the same actor in both movies.  And since Trainspotting is set in the late-80s (or maybe early-90s), it takes place before Shallow Grave, so the timing actually works.

@avclub-85d8ce590ad8981ca2c8286f79f59954:disqus Yeah, it's the same actor in both movies.  And since Trainspotting is set in the late-80s (or maybe early-90s), it takes place before Shallow Grave, so the timing actually works.

In all fairness, this came out more than a decade before he played the Doctor, so that might have something to do with it.

In all fairness, this came out more than a decade before he played the Doctor, so that might have something to do with it.

I agree Trainspotting stays together rather well.

I agree Trainspotting stays together rather well.

Yeah, Boyle referred to his first three movies as his "moneybags trilogy", and there's a subtle suggestion that the heroin dealer in Trainspotting is the lodger in Shallow Grave.

Yeah, Boyle referred to his first three movies as his "moneybags trilogy", and there's a subtle suggestion that the heroin dealer in Trainspotting is the lodger in Shallow Grave.

A Life Less Ordinary is awesome.  But it's a dramatic change from Shallow Grave and Trainspotting, both of which are rather on the dark side.  ALLO is instead simply surreal in a lot of places, with some wacky humor thrown in.

A Life Less Ordinary is awesome.  But it's a dramatic change from Shallow Grave and Trainspotting, both of which are rather on the dark side.  ALLO is instead simply surreal in a lot of places, with some wacky humor thrown in.

Per episode costs usually include everything, including cast salaries.  It's a lot easier to hit than you would think, since we're talking about renting whatever space the show is filmed in, set design, costumes, lighting, music, editing, catering, etc.  And it's much easier to hit now than a few years ago because of…

Per episode costs usually include everything, including cast salaries.  It's a lot easier to hit than you would think, since we're talking about renting whatever space the show is filmed in, set design, costumes, lighting, music, editing, catering, etc.  And it's much easier to hit now than a few years ago because of…

There has been a slight renaissance with using Toronto as Toronto in recent years (Scott Pilgrim is the best example for non-Canadian-types), with writers/directors/producers basically saying, "hey, we have this great city, why don't we show it off?"  But I haven't seen anything similar with Vancouver, outside of…