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The film's opening song, ''Lust for Life'', was performed by influential punk rocker [[Iggy Pop]], who has struggled with [[heroin]] addiction himself.<ref>NNDB, ''Iggy Pop'', retrieved 10/24/08[[http://www.nndb.com/people/520/000024448/#FN1]</ref>  The lyrics include the lines ''"Yeah, I'm through with sleeping on the sidewalk / No more beating my brains / No more beating my brains / With liquor and drugs / With liquor and drugs."''<ref>LyricsMode.com, ''Lust For Life lyrics by Iggy Pop'', retrieved 10/24/08[http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/i/iggy_pop/lust_for_life.html]</ref>  The song was number ten on  UGO's list of the Top 11 Uses Of Classic Rock In Cinema.<ref>UGO.com, ''Top 11 Uses Of Classic Rock In Cinema, 10. "Lust For Life" by Iggy Pop in Trainspotting'', retrieved 10/24/08[http://www.ugo.com/filmtv/top11-classicrock/?cur=trainspotting#top]"Despite protestations from the filmmakers and the inclusion of a horrific detox scene, Trainspotting makes being a Scottish junkie look totally awesome. Why? Because when you run from the cops, smash into cars and the movie freeze-frames to show your nickname you have "Lust For Life" thumping underneath."</ref>

The film's opening song, ''Lust for Life'', was performed by influential punk rocker [[Iggy Pop]], who has struggled with [[heroin]] addiction himself.<ref>NNDB, ''Iggy Pop'', retrieved 10/24/08[[http://www.nndb.com/people/520/000024448/#FN1]</ref>  The lyrics include the lines ''"Yeah, I'm through with sleeping on the sidewalk / No more beating my brains / No more beating my brains / With liquor and drugs / With liquor and drugs."''<ref>LyricsMode.com, ''Lust For Life lyrics by Iggy Pop'', retrieved 10/24/08[http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/i/iggy_pop/lust_for_life.html]</ref>  The song was number ten on  UGO's list of the Top 11 Uses Of Classic Rock In Cinema.<ref>UGO.com, ''Top 11 Uses Of Classic Rock In Cinema, 10. "Lust For Life" by Iggy Pop in Trainspotting'', retrieved 10/24/08[http://www.ugo.com/filmtv/top11-classicrock/?cur=trainspotting#top]"Despite protestations from the filmmakers and the inclusion of a horrific detox scene, Trainspotting makes being a Scottish junkie look totally awesome. Why? Because when you run from the cops, smash into cars and the movie freeze-frames to show your nickname you have "Lust For Life" thumping underneath."</ref>

Defenders of [[Hollywood values]] cite this movie as an example of Hollywood telling the truth about the harm caused by drugs, but it shows "cool" people engaging in drugs and enjoying it.  This movie, like most Hollywood depictions of drugs, portrays the drug users as sympathetic victims rather than as the perpetrators of evil.{{fact}}<!-- given that you haven't seen it, you presumably have a source for this? -->

Defenders of [[Hollywood values]] cite this movie as an example of Hollywood telling the truth about the harm caused by drugs, but it shows "cool" people engaging in drugs and enjoying it.  This movie, like most Hollywood depictions of drugs, portrays the drug users as sympathetic victims rather than as the perpetrators of evil.{{fact}}<!-- given that you haven't seen it, you presumably have a source for this? -->  Presidential candidate Bob Dole said the film "glorified heroin"<ref>The Aisle Seat - "Trainspotting", by Mike McGranaghan [http://www.angelfire.com/pa/aisleseat/transpot.html]</ref> (though he later admitted he had not seen the movie).<ref>Salon.com, ''The fall and fall of Bob Dole, Old soldiers never die, but they can get beaten up really badly'', by Andrew Ross, Sep 19, 1996[http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/1996/09/19/news/]</ref>

In an interesting review, critic Roger Ebert said "The movie has been attacked as pro-drug and defended as anti-drug, but actually it is simply pragmatic. It knows that addiction leads to an unmanageable, exhausting, intensely uncomfortable daily routine, and it knows that only two things make it bearable: a supply of the drug of choice, and the understanding of fellow addicts."<ref>''Trainspotting'', BY ROGER EBERT, July 26, 1996 [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960726/REVIEWS/607260303/1023]</ref>

In an interesting review, critic Roger Ebert said "The movie has been attacked as pro-drug and defended as anti-drug, but actually it is simply pragmatic. It knows that addiction leads to an unmanageable, exhausting, intensely uncomfortable daily routine, and it knows that only two things make it bearable: a supply of the drug of choice, and the understanding of fellow addicts."<ref>''Trainspotting'', BY ROGER EBERT, July 26, 1996 [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960726/REVIEWS/607260303/1023]</ref>