This is an exciting movie from beginning to end. It runs through the vivid black humor, the lines are vivid and wonderful, the actors perform well, the music and the picture are almost perfect combination, the rhythm is fast and compact, and it has a strong sense of color. The film records everything calmly and objectively from a first-person narrative perspective.
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, let's talk about the translation of the movie title. Train spotting is translated as "train guessing". It can be said that the translation is quite good. If you take it apart, Train is a train, and spotting is recognition. The "prototype" or "probable meaning" of "train", and "train guessing" is also an ancient game in Scotland, where young or old can improvise to guess the time and purpose of the next train where the train passes. land, to pass the time or compete with each other; Train spotting also means finding the blood vessels in the arms to inject drugs. In this way, "trainspotting" has a double meaning. The action of trainspotting is also a metaphor for the boredom and confusion of the protagonist's life in the play.
The names of the protagonists of the movie are also translated well. Except for Mark and Tommy, who are Mark and Tommy, the others are sick boy as "perverted man", Spud as "shit tyrant", and Begbie as "despicable". Although it is vulgar, it is very In line with each of their personalities, and easy to understand and remember.
The lines of the movie are also enhanced by the fact that the translators can skillfully convert the "swear words" of the two countries. If you blurt out the words "fuck" and "rely on" after watching the movie, it is also understandable. After all, other people's movies are like a blowout. Fuck shit, you might even be tempted to just say fuck, which is probably the "nature of advertising" - saying the same clear sentence over and over. Speaking of which, I'm going too far, hehe.
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Joe Eno, a famous British film critic, said, "Trainspotting is a film with a realistic nature. It gives me a shocking feeling. The social problems such as drug addiction, violence, promiscuity, robbery, etc. are all worth thinking about.” Indeed, everything shown in the film appears to be quite thorough, utterly hopeless, utterly dark, utterly boring, heroin, alcoholism, robbery, fight , sex, this is their youth life.
At the beginning of the film, in the powerful sound of British electronic rock, a group of young people are running wild, wrapped in stolen or looted things, the police are in hot pursuit, Mark hits a car when crossing the road, but shows an inexplicable laugh, the picture Freeze, subtitle Mark Renton, then introduce the other characters in various scenes, interspersed with a long classic Mark opening narration "Choose a life, choose a job, choose a career, choose a family. Choose a fucking big TV. Choose washing machine, car, laser record player, electric can opener. Choose healthy, low calorie road, low sugar. Choose fixed rate mortgage. Choose starting point, choose friends, choose sportswear and luggage. Choose a fucking set of three Suits...choose DIY, don't get the fuck out of who you are on a Sunday morning. Choose to watch boring shows on the couch and stuff junk food in your mouth. Choose to rot to death and be made by your sperm Get out of your selfish brat. Choose your future, your life. But why would I do it? I choose not to live, I choose something else. Reason? No reason. As long as there is heroin, what reason is there?", this Duan's monologue brings an irresistible shock to people with its majestic comparison, and it has a philosophical meaning - reflecting on people's life, as a young generation Mark obviously does not want to continue the ordinary daily life of his parents and even human beings, he chooses Do not choose, choose heroin, replace real life with the pleasure of drug addiction and illusory consciousness, and resist the mainstream tradition with a marginalized attitude.
Mark said "I chose not to choose life. I chose something else", in contrast to this, after many turmoil and right and wrong, he ended with an inner monologue "Why did I do that? There are a million answers, but all of them are Wrong. The reason is that I'm a bad embryo at all, but that's going to change. I'm going to change, and that's the last bad thing. I'm going to change my mind, move forward, and choose my life. I'm already expecting. I'll be like you , choose work, home, fucking big TV, washing machine, car, CD player, electric can opener, health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, loans, shopping, casual wear, luggage, three piece suits, DIY , quiz shows, junk food, kids, walks in the park, nine-to-five, golf, car wash, sweatshirts, Christmas, pensions, tax exemptions, clear water ditch. Just look forward until the day you die", looking ahead to the day you die, Mark is determined to return to life, determined to live an ordinary life, but God knows if he can do it, maybe he can, because it is said that people will become stable when they reach a certain age, anger and decadence will one day Can brake, maybe not, because we can see from Mark's performance in the play that this person has no stable factor, often because he hates one kind of life and chooses another, and if he hates it again, he will return. Boredom and confusion have killed him. The reason of choice is not that he chooses life, but life chooses him.
The lines can be said to be one of the highlights of this film. Common sayings and slang words are readily available, and ridicule and irony are endless. In the seemingly vulgar language, we can experience the contradictions and philosophical reflections between marginal and mainstream life. Strong performance, you can get a glimpse from the above two paragraphs, and Mark said
We would have injected vitamin C if only they had made it illegal!
We would have injected vitamin C if only they had made it illegal!
Iquiteenioyedthesoundofitall.Profit,loss,margins,takeovers,lending,letting,subletting,subdividing,cheating,scamming,fragmenting,breaking away. I love the sound of these words. Profits, losses, surpluses, receiving, leasing, sub-leasing, intrigue, defections. "The
so-called black humor is not only reflected in the dialogue between you and me, but also in the actions of the characters, such as the protagonist being overturned and overturned, etc.
The three
music is also one of the biggest highlights of the film, it draws on And integrates the essence of British electronic rock music, makes some dusty songs replay brilliance, makes music harmoniously cooperate and exist, the processing of sound and picture is full of modernity, the progress of music and plot are in perfect harmony, all kinds of electronic rock dance music are unique The rhythm brings the audience a natural and strong texture of ups and downs, showing the emotional flow and changes of the protagonist, and venting the noise and turmoil, confusion and helplessness of the younger generation, such as the passage from Lou Reed after Mark fainted from drug overdose "Perfect Day":
Just a perfect day,
Drink Sangria in the park,
and then later, when it gets dark,
we go home.
Just a perfect day,
Feed animals in the zoo
Then later, a movie, too, watch a movie
and then home. Then go home together
Oh it's such a perfect day,
I'm glad I spent it with you.
Oh such a perfect day,
You just keep me hanging on, You just keep me
hanging on. You just keep me hanging on.
Just a perfect day, perfect day
Problems all left alone, should get the problems out of the way
Weekenders on our own. Let's spend the weekend together
It's such fun.
Just a perfect day,
you made me forget myself. You made me forget myself.
I thought I was someone else, made me feel like someone else
.
Oh it's such a perfect day , oh such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you.
Oh such a perfect day, oh such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on. You've been with me
You're going to reap just what you sow, you'll reap what you give
You're going to reap just what you sow, you'll reap what you give
You 're going to reap just what you sow, you'll reap what you gave
me
The vague neurological state matched with the indescribable light-hearted pleasure after taking drugs, and it also matched his inner will or subconscious desire for a peaceful life. It is similar to Haizi's "Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms".
From tomorrow, be a happy person
Feed horses , chop wood, travel the world
From tomorrow onwards, take care of food and vegetables
I have a house facing the sea and spring flowers bloom
From tomorrow, I will communicate with every relative
to tell them my happiness
What that happy lightning told me
I will tell everyone
to give a warm name to every river and every mountain I bless you too,
strangers
May you have a bright future
May your lovers end up together
May you be there Happiness in the world
I only wish to face the sea, and spring flowers are blooming.
The soundtrack of the film is listed below:
1. "Lust For Life" - Iggy Pop
2. "Deep Blue Day" - Brian Eno
3. "Transpotting" - Primal Scream
4. "Atomic" - Sleeper
5. "Temptation" - New Order
6. "Nightclubbing" - Iggy Pop
7. "Sing" - Blur
8. "Perfect Day" - Lou Reed
9. "Mile End" - Pulp
10. "2-1" - Elastica
11. "A Final Hit"
12. "Born Slippy" -
Underground When the content of the film is integrated, it is undoubtedly an audio-visual feast for the audience.
The narrative techniques of the four
films are diverse, with traditional elements and more innovations. They naturally integrate surrealism and Freudian psychoanalysis into them, and skillfully use montage and long shots.
Mark had to go to the dirtiest toilet in Scotland. The opium pills that had been stuffed in his hip fell into the toilet. He reached out and tried to catch it, so he plunged his head into the toilet. Entering, it makes people feel sick, and then the camera changes, but what we see is the scene of Mark swimming in the blue and clear ocean. It turns out that there is a hole in the sewers. Mark found opium pills in a pile of seabed sand and went upstream, and finally from the toilet Drilling out, this paragraph is undoubtedly surreal, it shows the awareness of the clean and dirty of drug addicts that is different from ordinary people. In Mark's opinion, anything dirty can be tolerated for the sake of drugs.
Another example is Mark, who was in so much pain from drug rehab, that he climbed up a high wall and jumped off, but the camera immediately turned to the drug dealer's house. Mark was squatting on the ground, safe and sound. He took drugs and fainted from an overdose. The carpets on both sides were sinking, sinking. Talking to Mark in the sunken carpet, Mark didn't respond. Mark was later sent to the hospital and locked at home for compulsory detoxification. He had hallucinations in bed, and the heroine Diane sat on the bedside and sang the same song, "Despicable" Climbing into the bed to talk to him, "Shit" sitting on the door in shackles, Tommy walking slowly along the wall, the dead baby crawling towards him on the ceiling Turning his head 80 degrees, his deformed and green head said nothing to Mark, and suddenly fell to Mark. Mark was disturbed by these numerous hallucinations and howled loudly. Surrealism and Freudianism and montage were used.
These love-hate classic passages provide a certain model meaning for other people's film and television production, and many black humor films later have more or less similar imitations.
Most of the characters in the five
films are full of images. Shiba is addicted to heroin; despicable has serious violent tendencies; perverts are obsessed with Sean Connery;
Mark had three "awakenings":
first, he spontaneously quit drug use because his sexual function was affected by drug use, and after a period of time, he relapsed and took drugs more violently.
Second, after recuperating from a drug overdose, he went to London to work in real estate. The good times didn't last long. "Despicable" and "Perverted Man" visited and stayed for a long time. Mark's life was disrupted.
Third, at the end of the film, Mark stole the money from reselling drugs with his partners (leaving the "shit bully" share), and was ready to live a new life.
Mark does things almost instinctively, and does what he wants to do. Sometimes our thoughts will affect our subsequent behavior. Mark is more exaggerated. He betrayed his comrades and went away alone to find the so-called "happiness". What can we say, whoever told him that his comrades were selfish people, they just thought of taking the money for themselves one step later than Mark.
The English word for "betrayal" is "betray", and the Chinese homophonic pronunciation is "to be kicked". The two have something in common. The so-called betrayal is just kicking and being kicked. , got the benefit, the others had to scold their father and mother.
This is the confused value of the younger generation. The film is not profound, but it shows everything that can be revealed nakedly, and its attitude is frank. Similarly, these will also trigger our reflection. The so-called profound does not necessarily trigger our thinking, and the so-called superficial may also make us think. Ponder.
Sixcent
Alessandre wrote in "Youth": "You come and go softly, from one road to another, you appear and then disappear. From bridge to bridge, with short steps , the brilliance of joy has dimmed. Youth may be me, watching the river pass away, on the mirror-like water, your whereabouts, flowing and disappearing", youth carries the beauty of helplessness that is almost cruel, this kind of helplessness may not have been at that time If you have feelings, you may feel emotional after reading other people's stories.
We watch Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye", Hesse's "Under the Wheel", Remark's "Three Companions", Haruki Murakami's "Norwegian Wood", and Joseph Heller's "Catch 22", see Sagan's "Hello, Sadness", see Shi Kang's "Wandering", see Feng Tang's "Everything Grows", see Sun Rui's "Grass-like Love", Watching "My Out-of-Print Youth" by the devil Ding Tian, watching "Flowers of a Pessimist" by Liao Yimei, and watching Wang Shuo's works, we can feel the impulse, confusion and passion of youth hard or heartlessly.
We watch youth-related movies, including Trainspotting, and they swept away our youth, and it swept away my youth.
We will all get bored one day, from one boredom to another. In this era, everything is fast food, nothing can last forever, youth is passing by, we get out and move forward.
looking ahead to the day you die.
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