Danny Boyle on the original Trainspotting, nostalgia, and filmmaking

By Baraka Kaseko, Domenic Del Carmine | March 16, 2017 | 9:19pm

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Director Danny Boyle sat down with our staff film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky to discuss his newest film, T2 Trainspotting. In the interview, Boyle talks about the original Trainspotting, his hesitancy to make the sequel too early, and how nostalgia influenced the film’s story.