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105 min | United Kingdom | 35 mm
main programme
credits
PROD: Picture Palace North/Umbrella, David Muir, Alex Usborne
SALES: Film Four International
SCENARIO: Irvine Welsh
CAMERA: Alasdair Walker
EDITOR: Andrew Hulme
ARTDIR: Richard Bridgeland, Mike Gunn
CAST: Stephen McCole, Maurice Ro�ves, Kevin McKidd, Ewen Bremner, Martin Clunes, Jemma Redgrave
screenings
29 friday 19:15 Path� 4
30 saturday 22:15 Luxor
03 wednesday 10:00 Path� 5
05 friday 06:20 Luxor
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As the screenplay for The Acid House was written by Irvine Welsh, film will inevitably be compared with Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996). In any case, they share a surrealistic inventiveness and Scotland looks more colourful than usual. The Acid House is an urban fairy-tale in three parts. The first part, entitled 'The Granton Star Cause', is a black comedy about revenge, soccer and religion. The world falls away from under the fairly conceited Bob Coyle in a short time: he is kicked out of his soccer team, his father wants him to live on his own for once and his girfriend ends their relationship. A man in a bar introduces himself as God: in this case a punishing Old-Testament God who changes Bob into a fly 'for wasting his life'. The second story, 'A Soft Touch', is a satirical social sketch: softie Johnny marries very pregnant Catriona, even though it is highly unlikely that hewas the father. While he looks after the baby, his wife is soon out painting the town. Part three, 'The Acid House', is comic and surreal: Coco loves raves and the pills that go with them. On the other side of town, a woman is about to have a baby. During his trip that is a little too stormy, Coco's consciousness is switched to the new-born baby and vice versa.
Paul McGuigan
Paul McGuigan started his career as photographer, after which he concentrated on making music videos and commercials. He has made several documentaries for television. The Acid House is his first feature.
films
The Acid House (1998)
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