Tsar B and Dijf Sanders took on Twin Peaks, Porcelain id and Youniss reimagined Purple Rain, and this year: none other than Loverman takes on Trainspotting. It's quickly becoming a tradition — closing VIDEODROOM with a highly personal tribute to an iconic soundtrack. No film on screen, just the music, radically reworked.
Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting (1996) is the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel about a gang of unemployed friends stumbling through life in gloomy Edinburgh — drinking, raving, and strung out on heroin and ecstasy. Brutal, raw, and soaked in pitch-black humour, Trainspotting was one of the most talked-about films of the '90s. It launched the careers of Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle and inspired a wave of imitations that rarely matched Boyle’s manic energy or hallucinatory style.
And then there’s the soundtrack — equally legendary: a heady mix of iconic tracks by Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Lou Reed, New Order, Blur, Blondie — and of course Underworld’s immortal Born Slippy. These are the songs Loverman — a devoted fan of both film and score — will completely deconstruct and transform.
After the show, the grand Videodroom & Film Fest Gent closing party kicks off — once again curated by GHOST and fully infused with the spirit of Trainspotting. Double up and get rewarded: combo tickets for the performance + afterparty available!
