Halifax’s Walter Forsyth was one of 25 filmmakers chosen to be part
of TIFF’s Talent Lab (September 9-12), an intensive program where lucky
participants spent time with heavy-hitting industry professionals, like
Tilda Swinton, Miranda July and Brian DePalma.
On his way to a screening of Chris Rock’s Good Hair, Forsyth
found a few minutes to share highlights by email. “Danny Boyle was
really fun and he talked about the shit scenes in Trainspotting and the one in Slumdog Millionaire—they use chocolate and
peanut butter for the effect, so the little boy was covered in it and
he said the kid smelled amazing and everyone was licking the chocolate
off him.”
This article appears in Sep 17-23, 2009.
This just made my day. I’ve always wondered how they did these scenes. It makes the hardest bits to sit through in two of my fave Boyle movies so much easier to watch.