Trainspotting

with Ewen McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Johnny Lee Miller
Written by Irvine Welsh
Directed by Danny Boyle
(Miramax, 1996)
by Angus Podgorny

A quick rundown of last year’s needlepoint blockbuster,
Trainspotting, for the uninitiated:

• They run from the cops.
• They shoot up.
• They shoot up again.
• Someone dives into a toilet.
• A dog gets shot.
• “What are you talking about?” “Football.”
• They shoot up some more.
• A baby dies.
• “What are you talking about?” “Shopping.”
• A guy gets a video stolen, dumped by his
  girlfriend, and AIDS. In that order.
• They shoot up again.
• A breakfast nook gets splattered with dung.
• People call each other “cunt” a lot.
• They shoot up once again.
• The English get called “wankers.”
• The dead baby crawls on the ceiling.
• One guy goes to prison.
• Another doesn’t.
• Money gets stolen.
• And then stolen again.
• They shoot up some more.
• And then they stop.
• Iggy Pop and Sean Connery figure in somewhere.
• It’s great.