How did everyone discover this film?

right...heres what happened. me and dave were talking about doing a little ketamine then we played pro evo for a while while selina talked about stuff that we werent listening to becaeuse we were too engrossed in pro evo: jamaica vs. scotland in a classic 3-1 roarer. jamaicas goal was good though. anyway, dave racked up two GARGANTUAN lines of the stuff. what happened next was mainly a blur, more like a lucid dream than a blur...a violent black and white technicolour dreem. we turned on to channel 4 and i said "Haha look its the scarlet pimp" (referring obviously to richard E. Grant's unforgettable role in the bbc drama some years back.) after trying to do mexican waves with the fingers but the left pinkie and third never go right. my favourite aprt of the film was when he was arguing with himself in the cardboard box on the tv. i have to say, the ending soliloquy on the horse with Holst's Jupiter in the background was undoubtedly the most awesome piece of motion cinematography i have witnessed with mine own eyes. thank you and good night.

It was on TV last night
i could not believe Channel 4 showed it

free with the sunday times :P
*beep* ace

I found it at a Kum and Go (gas station)

I was hiding out with malaria in a hotel in Nairobi. I had the TV on trying to distract myself and find comfort in the old American programming they play sporatically. The movie came on at some point and I honestly thought I might have hallucinated the entire thing. A year and a half later I can't stop thinking about the film. It may be my favorite movie experience of all time.

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Same - like films and always like a free DVD! I was probably too young at the time to appreciate the film, but I couldn't STAND it! Is it worth another watch now I'm older and wiser?

Is this a rhetorical question?

saw it at a reperatory house in the 90's.
My roomate has the criterion dvd so I just watched it again.