Alright, let's get this done. I've chosen the film "Trainspotting." It follows a group of Scottish heroin addicts and explores the themes of addiction. Overall, it's very nihilistic movie; filled with cynicism, violence, and rampant drug abuse. At times, I can sympathize with this view- we all can. But if I ever would sink so low as a heroin addict, I don't think I could disagree with it.
What about the end...how do you explain the rather redemptive end that emerges from all this seeming nihilism and cynicism?
ReplyDeleteThis makes it so much harder now that you bring it up, timmer. The way I see it, Renton still steals from his friends. And in the sequel, Porno, he continues his life of debauchery and rampant drug abuse. Even still, from just trainspotting's standpoint, the ending is also very open ended as well.
ReplyDeleteOne of those endings in which the viewer is allowed to impose her/his own worldview upon the end of the story, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteOf course, I have read the sequel and know where the story goes...but to the casual viewer he could have gotten that big television, washing machine, car, compact disc player and electrical tin opener.
Yeah, I guess that's just Hollywood magic, isn't it? Look at Chuck Palahniuk's choke. They just killed it.
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