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Cult Movie Monday: Trainspotting (1996) - SOLD OUT
Mon 02 Dec 2024Cult Movie Monday: Trainspotting (1996)
"Choose life.
Choose a job.
Choose a career.
Choose a family,
Choose a career.
Choose a family,
Choose a fucking big television
Choose washing machines, cars,
Compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol"
(PF Project)
Choose washing machines, cars,
Compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol"
(PF Project)
On the first Monday of each month, we screen a cult classic chosen by a member of the Pilar team. For December, we've selected a raw, emotional classic: Trainspotting. Directed by Danny Boyle, this groundbreaking film explores the realities of drug use in Scotland during the mid-'90s. It's an intense journey through emotion, hedonism, and heroin, and a breathtaking cinematic experience that has to be seen to be believed.
"Trainspotting" doesn’t glorify heroin; it highlights youth—its intensity, its missteps, and its unique way of trying to make sense of the world. Rewatching it now, you’ll still find parts that are darkly hilarious. In the theater, the audience's laughter might have softened the grimness, but watching alone, the seriousness of heroin use comes through even more sharply. This doesn’t diminish the film's impact but clarifies that *Trainspotting* could never be seen as promoting heroin use. Not a chance." (Empire).
"Trainspotting" doesn’t glorify heroin; it highlights youth—its intensity, its missteps, and its unique way of trying to make sense of the world. Rewatching it now, you’ll still find parts that are darkly hilarious. In the theater, the audience's laughter might have softened the grimness, but watching alone, the seriousness of heroin use comes through even more sharply. This doesn’t diminish the film's impact but clarifies that *Trainspotting* could never be seen as promoting heroin use. Not a chance." (Empire).