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Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

In this intimate and personal documentary we meet Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh at a crossroads, acutely aware of his mortality and realising that his hedonistic days are drawing to a close. On a book tour in Canada, Welsh chooses to explore the boundaries of consciousness by taking DMT at a Toronto drug therapy centre. The resulting hallucinogenic trip, illustrated within a kaleidoscopic imagined memory space, is interspersed with candid observational footage, cinematic archive, and excerpts from Welsh’s novels to create a captivating piece of autobiographical cinema that gets to the beating heart of one of Scotland’s most vital creative voices.



Title
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Title in English
Entry Category
Feature Documentary (Screen)
Produced By
LS Films
Producer
Paul Sng
Directed By
Paul Sng
Writer
Paul Sng