Trainspotting
An uncompromising, frenzied, and raucous, compelling and exhausting junkie-pop-and-pulp drama about four friends from Edinburgh who choose a life of alcohol and drugs over a mundane, middle-class existence. Featuring music by Iggy Pop, Pulp, Underworld, Lou Reed, and others.
For the unemployed Mark Renton and his buddies Spud, Sick Boy, and Reggie, life revolves around nothing but beer, nightlife, drugs, and soccer. They’re a bunch of liars, thieves, junkies, and losers with one motto in life: “It’s all shite anyway.” When a series of dramatic events takes its toll, Renton tries to turn his life around. *Trainspotting*, as funny as it is grim, made a huge splash in 1996. While British films about the underbelly of society typically opted for a raw, sober realism, director Boyle took a different approach: he turned it into a fast-paced, thrilling film with a dash of surrealism.
