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.