Trainspotting

Trainspotting (1996) is a British film based on the novel by Irving Walsh depicting the lives of a group of young men in seedy, 'wrong side of the tracks' Edinburgh. The film is notorious for its depiction of the Edinburgh drugs scene, and its plot, depicting the ostensible efforts of antihero Renton to escape that milieu. The drug scenes are constructed and filmed in brilliant colour, to emphasize the 'highs' that they supposedly provide, by contrast with the depiction of clean, everyday life as grinm and colourless. The film's most cited line emphasises its cynical promotion of drugs, by depicting 'life' as an endless cycle of suburban boredom: Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a starter home. Choose dental insurance, leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose your future. But why would anyone want to do a thing like that?