"Trainspotting"

Analytical Essay # 65162

English > Analysis
Film > Analysis, Criticism, Etc.

"Trainspotting"

A brief overview of this film, directed by Danny Boyle.

818 words () | 0 sources | MLA | 2002 United States

Paper Summary:

Set in the dreary, wind and rain swept city of Edinburgh, Scotland, "Trainspotting" tracks the lives of lower middle class heroine addicts through the pains and pleasures of "the score" and "detox." This paper examines the film and shows how it demonstrates reality of a world consumed by nihilistic virtues, where life in itself is no longer a choice because it is so senseless that we can only exist.

From the Paper:

"In London he becomes a slave to his work, co-habitating unhappily with his friends from home. He moves from one prison to another, never truly learning from the past. This cycle establishes a perverted order by which he lives, an unchaotic existence where life is replaced with dull repetition. Without divergence, no indications can be made as to what is morally good and bad, allowing everything to be permitted and equitable."