“’New Scottish Cinema’ suggests a new wave of film production and is often attributed to filmmaking that considers itself alternative or oppositional to other forms of mainstream cinema”, David Martin Jones, (2005:11). Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1995) is a film that worked around the social, political and cultural development in Britain in the late 20th Century. It gives rise to questions of identity, culture, and community. The main theme in this film is about a group of friends with a heroin addiction, and the destructive effects that heroin-taking has upon the individual members of the group. Trainspotting is narrated by Mark Renton, on his need to give up his heroin addiction. The end of the film is about a longing for happiness, with Renton’s concerns of living within the contemporary world. When watching Trainspotting, the visuals provide a sense of style that takes the viewer along with the trip. On following the
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In the mid 1990’s ‘Raves’ were illegal, and therefore not licensed to sell alcohol. As there was an increasing favour towards rave parties in the 1990’s amongst young party goers, raves started to become more organised with flyers rather than through hearsay. Drugs such as ecstasy and acid were very popular at that time until the Criminal Justice Act of 1994, when raves became increasingly raided. Ecstasy was the new ‘happy’ drug, trainers were then in place of high heels and party-goers danced for many hours, filled with energy. The films shows this acid-house scene when Renton and Begbie go to a club in London. During the film, Renton lists numerous drugs that are available from the NHS, stating “The streets are awash with drugs that you can have for happiness and pain”. Trainspotting shows the youths involvement in recreational drug-taking. It does not glamorise drugs however, in the sense that objectively, graphic visuals on the depiction of drug abuse occur
In the mid 1990’s ‘Raves’ were illegal, and therefore not licensed to sell alcohol. As there was an increasing favour towards rave parties in the 1990’s amongst young party goers, raves started to become more organised with flyers rather than through hearsay. Drugs such as ecstasy and acid were very popular at that time until the Criminal Justice Act of 1994, when raves became increasingly raided. Ecstasy was the new ‘happy’ drug, trainers were then in place of high heels and party-goers danced for many hours, filled with energy. The films shows this acid-house scene when Renton and Begbie go to a club in London. During the film, Renton lists numerous drugs that are available from the NHS, stating “The streets are awash with drugs that you can have for happiness and pain”. Trainspotting shows the youths involvement in recreational drug-taking. It does not glamorise drugs however, in the sense that objectively, graphic visuals on the depiction of drug abuse occur