The Auteurs
Film Info

United Kingdom

1996

90 Min.

Cast & Credits

DIR Danny Boyle

PROD Andrew Macdonald

SCR John Hodge, Irvine Welsh

DP Brian Tufano

CAST Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald

Excerpt

Irvine Welsh’s cult novel about heroin subculture in 1980s Edinburgh is juxtaposed with painfully startling images, black comedy, surrealism, stomping soundtrack, nihilistic voice-over, and bravura performances.

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Madelyne 26 december 200918:32
Robert Carlyle,no lo sé...pero Ewan McGregor tenía como mínimo una peli antes que esta,la opera prima de Danny Boyle,precisamente:SHALLOW GRAVE (Muy recomendable)
Matias 4 december 20099:20
q buen post chabon!t felicito..muy buenas pelis :)
Rogelio 19 november 200917:37
perfect.........
Penny 16 november 20094:41
"Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact discplayers and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mordgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats that you've spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life. But why would anyone want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?"
That is the short, brilliant introduction to Danny Boyle's best movie, with the sound of Iggy Pop's "Lust for life".
Renton seems to be rejecting the dominant ideals of his time, but deep down inside he doesn't. His "transformation" from drug addict to a proper citizen then back to drug addict and then to proper citizen is quite familiar from Alex's story in Clockwork Orange: psycho-harmless-psycho. Both movies mentioned end up showing us the same thing: No one wants to be last. Especially those who are always last. There are parts in the movie where Renton is quite optimistic and brings to mind an Oscar Wilde quote: We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Boyle is using surrealism to depict certain points of the characters' life, with the most impressive being the scene where Renton dives into a lavatory to find his drugs. Surrealism had until then been used mostly from directors such as Kubrick, Pasolini and Bunuel.
Ismail 18 september 20094:02
ben bunun pornosunu izledim
Vir 20 januari 20096:08
EXCELENTE PELICULA!
EXCELENTE EL LIBRO DE IRVINE WELSH.
Richy 18 januari 20094:28
C'est barré c'est géniaaaaaaaal ;)
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