![]() ![]() Trainspotting courted its fair share of controversy upon its release in 1996, with US presidential candidate Bob Dole accusing it of "moral depravity" and "glorifying drug use" - before having to admit, like so many moralisers before him, that he hadn't actually seen the film. But films about drugs so often get it wrong as well, introducing us to ravishingly-dressed gangsters or sensationally cool dealers and then scolding us for not booing and hissing straight away. True crime stories and horror films most often come in for this kind of criticism, with moral busybodies taking graphic scenes of death and mayhem out of context and holding them up as examples of moral torpor. Whenever a film tackles a controversial subject matter, you can bet your bottom dollar that someone will accuse it of glamourising or glorifying said subject. ![]()
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