Renton and his friends are just a group of "out of place" addicts, they are stuck in the purgatory of heroin and can't extricate themselves ~ Nature and fresh air will only make them covered Uncomfortable, Renton also published "Spud, Sick Boy and l made a healthy, informed, democratic decision to get back on heroin as soon as possible." This kind of self-indulgent declaration~ As soon as the movie started, it was already shocking The stomach reflects how deeply the drug addiction of these drug juveniles is: In order to retrieve the two drugs that fell into the toilet, Renton did not hesitate to dip into the filth and dig left and right with his bare hands, and finally got into the toilet in a more cartoon-like manner. treasure hunt~
Everyone in the film knows how bad the friends around them are, but they always say "but he's a mate", which means "everyone's friends don't care about each other"~ But obviously these so-called "friends" are indeed They are dragging each other down: for example, when Renton successfully quits his drug addiction against all odds, Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller) and violent madman Begbie (Robert Carlyle) work together to drag him back to the old path of depravity~ The more innocent is the good boy Tommy (Kevin McKidd), who was kicked up by his girlfriend because Renton took the erotic tapes, became addicted to drugs, and finally died in a nonsensical way~
Most of the film is driven by Renton's intensive monologues, keeping a very tight The rhythm~ The film is like a series of MVs. The filming method is equally compact. The whole film is full of fragmentary and humorous clips, as well as some creative surreal scenes (Renton's drug overdose scene, and the scene of drug addiction in the room) , to keep this heavy story highly entertaining~ When it comes to
"Trainspotting", it is natural to mention that it has become a classic soundtrack~ Iggy Pop, Lou Reed (mentioned in the play hilariously) were once assembled in the film These two poisonous rock friends), Brian Eno, New Order and other seniors, as well as the hottest British bands at that time such as Primal Scream, Pulp, Blur, Elastica presented new songs~ Electronic group Underworld's long dance song "Born Slippy" , and even more because this movie has been broadcast in the streets~
The song is excellent, and the director is also thoughtful when adding the soundtrack~ If you pair the lyrics with the picture, it often gets a very ironic and humorous effect~ For example, Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" is placed in the scene of syringe drug use, Lou Reed's "Lust for Life" "Perfect Day" is the soundtrack of Renton's overdose and sent to the hospital, Pulp's "Mile End" is like a foreshadowing of the disaster brought by Begbie's surrender to Renton~
"Trainspotting" shows that although the drug life is dark and degenerate, there is still a trace in the darkness. A Line of Hope (as well as director Danny Boyle's recent "28 Days Later" (28 Days Later) [2002]) ~ The film's classic opening monologue emphasizes the free will of young people and states that every human being has to make a series of choices throughout his life: Choosing home appliances, choosing food, choosing a building plan, and more importantly, you can choose whether to live a good life (choose life)~ Renton said at the beginning, "I chose not to choose life, I chose something else.", and seized the opportunity at the end It is also his personal decision to take the stolen money for himself.
However, a monologue at the end of the film in response to the opening title points out that the so-called "choose life" is not a heroic act, just obediently obeying the social norm and going to work from 9 to 5 every day. , get married and have children to form a family, and live a middle-class life as safely as thousands of urbanites~ Even more ironically, the movie implies that not everyone in the society has the right to "choose life", as if Renton was born from a low life Young people of different classes can only earn this option by means of deception and betrayal~
Ten years later, is the youth problem described in "Trainspotting" still appropriate? Undoubtedly, the style of music that is popular today has changed several times, and popular drugs have also been replaced with different styles. Underage girls are nervous when they have sex, but every young person still has to face the choice of "choose life" when they grow up~ Youth in the 1960s once shouted the slogan of social reform, but global capitalism is in command Today, if you refuse to live by the rules of the game set by society, you can probably only use different methods to anesthetize yourself and escape from reality~
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