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"Trainspotting", 2002.
This paper analyzes "Trainspotting", the popular 1996 Scottish film by Danny Boyle.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper examines why "Trainspotting", the popular 1996 Scottish film by Danny Boyle about heroin addicts in Edinburgh, has been so successful all over the world.
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"Trainspotting", 2002.
Identity and culture in Irvine Welsh's "Trainspotting".
4,881 words (approx. 19.5 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 124.95
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The paper approaches Irvine Welsh's 1993 novel and 1996 film "Trainspotting" as a post-colonial cultural text reflecting tough social issues at work in modern day Scotland. Specifically, it examines the function of regional dialect as it works in the novel and interprets the visual rhetoric of the film in light of Scottish national culture.
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"When Trainspotting first hit European bookshelves in the summer of 1993, few predicted the widespread prosperity that it would one day come to enjoy. Originally slated for a print run of only three thousand copies, demand for the novel soon skyrocketed. By the time the screen adaptation was released in 1996 it had been reprinted sixteen times and shifted over one hundred and fifty thousand units. After the film?s debut this number ascended to half a million making it, ?the fastest selling and most shop-lifted novel in British publishing history.? Trainspotting was even being hailed by some as ?the best book ever written by man or woman.? "
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"Trainspotting", 1996.
Describes the controversial film Trainspotting." Compares the depictions of heroin use with depictions of British class structure, arguing that Thatcherism & middle class values are more damaging than drug use.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 39.95
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"Trainspotting is a film depicting the drug culture in the United Kingdom. Controversy developed between those who saw the film as reflecting a reality that had to be understood and addressed and those who saw the film as glorifying drug use. The harrowing nature of the lives of the young people in this film, however, would seem to mitigate any potential for glorification. The film reflects the social context of its time in a debate between the belief in free expression and in control to reach some end. One side seeing drugs as so terrible that even excessive means might be needed to stop their use and the other side seeing the issue as overblown so that society should restrain its repressive impulses."
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"Trainspotting", 2002.
A brief overview of this film, directed by Danny Boyle.
818 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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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.
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"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."
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"Trainspotting", "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Drugstore Cowboy", 2000.
An examination of the films' depiction of drug and alcohol-related self-destructive behavior in subcultures.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 23.95
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"Drugs and similar destructive behavior are major social problems addressed by a number of films in recent years. These films develop around a subculture and evoke certain images associated with such milieus, often using stereotypical images as shorthand to introduce the audience to the world of drug abuse and other marginal behavior.
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"Drugs and similar destructive behavior are major social problems addressed by a number of films in recent years. These films develop around a subculture and evoke certain images associated with such milieus, often using stereotypical images as shorthand to introduce the audience to the world of drug abuse and other marginal behavior.
Trainspotting is a film depicting the drug culture in the United Kingdom, and the American audience at least is less familiar with this milieu than with its own drug subculture. Controversy developed between those who saw the film as reflecting a reality that had to be understood and addressed and those who saw the film as glorifying drug use and so as creating a problem that might not otherwise exist. The harrowing nature of the lives of the young people in this film, however, would..."
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Destructive Social Behavior in the Movies, 2002.
Examines social problems, such as drug abuse, in three movies ("Trainspotting", "Drugstore Cowboy" and "Leaving Las Vegas").
784 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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Drugs and similar destructive behavior are major social problems addressed by a number of films in recent years. These films develop around a subculture and evoke certain images associated with such milieus, often using stereotypical images as shorthand to introduce the audience to the world of drug abuse and other marginal behavior. This paper discusses destructive social behavior in "Trainspotting" (depicting the drug culture in the United Kingdom), "Drugstore Cowboy" (exploring a feminist angle to drug abuse) and "Leaving Las Vegas" (portraying an alcohol abuse problem).
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"Trainspotting is a film depicting the drug culture in the United Kingdom, and the American audience at least is less familiar with this milieu than with its own drug subculture. Controversy developed between those who saw the film as reflecting a reality that had to be understood and addressed and those who saw the film as glorifying drug use and so as creating a problem that might not otherwise exist. The harrowing nature of the lives of the young people in this film, however, would seem to mitigate any potential for glorification. The film reflects the social context of its time in this debate, a debate between the belief in free expression and in control to reach some end, a debate between seeing drugs as so terrible that even excessive means might be needed to stop their use and seeing the issue as overblown so that society should restrain its repressive impulses."
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Illicit Drug Abuse and Ramifications, 2002.
By examining the movie "Trainspotting" (1998), the paper looks at the effects of drug abuse on youth in society.
1,450 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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A discussion of the ramifications of illicit drug use. This paper demonstrates a critical understanding of the ramifications inherent in illicit drug use and related drug issues to specific examples highlighted within the film ?Trainspotting.? Different forms of drugs, from the softest to the hardest type are mentioned and the side-effects examined.
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"Drug use has existed for thousands of years, but it has only been during the last few decades that abuse has become a social problem, particularly among young people. Perhaps the main reason for the rise in drug abuse is the very simple fact that drugs are more available today than fifty years ago. And the primary reason for the abundant availability of drugs today is a simple fact as well, money. Drug trafficking is a multi-billion dollar business that involves a myriad of players and dealers. What once was found only in urban back alleys, now can be found literally anywhere, small rural towns, suburban shopping malls, even local schools. Drug abuse can be found in most every family. Moreover, hardly a week goes by that tabloids do not glare with headlines concerning a celebrity going into rehab for a drug addiction, whether prescription or illegal. Drug use has been glorified and demonized in the media depending on the political air of the times. However, the media has also portrayed drug use and abuse in very realistic fashion, from feature news reports to movies. Regardless of how it is depicted, drug use is real and drug awareness has become a part of our everyday life."
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Scottish Identity through Language, 2002.
Examines the national perception of Scottish self through the reading of various Scottish texts.
1,127 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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For the past 300 years, the people of Scotland have endured the invasion of their territory, culture and politics by the British. This long term assault on Scottish tradition and independence has given way for critical investigation on the matters of identity. Through the reading of various Scottish texts, this paper explores a wide range of assertions in regards to the national perception of self. The paper examines the Scottish resistance to the English language and culture through the use of dialects. It explores the identity struggles of a colonized country and cites contemporary Scottish authors, such as Irvine Welsh, author of "Trainspotting".
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"Scottish identity, much like the identity of any marginalized group, is often defined as the binary opposite of the dominant culture. Definitions are created and compared to the dominant culture according to the rules of purity. If English identity is refined and cultured, the Scottish character must then be crass and vulgar. The rules of purity are criticized in Barnes? book England, England, where a theme park is created in order to reinforce a mythic notion of ?Englishness?. By recreating a romanticized historical past, people are given a sense of identity based on essential characteristics of an Englishman. We prefer the ?replica over the original? because it plays into our nostalgic notion of a simpler time. Although we may be aware of the historical construction, it is in human nature to reduce things to absolute requisites, such as the 50 characteristics of England. While there hasn?t been a tangible creation of an English theme park, the ideas satirized in the book are prevalent today. By prescribing fundamental and superior traits to the English identity, Scottish identity is by default deficient because it is not able to capture and emulate English culture."
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"Culture is Ordinary", 2006.
Discusses and analyzes Raymond William's 1958 essay "Culture is Ordinary".
2,619 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 78.95
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In this essay, the author explains William's claim that "Culture is ordinary, in every society and in every mind." First, the paper discusses cultural materialism and William's discourse. This is followed by a presentation of examples and cases that explain how the culture is ordinary. Specifically, two cultural objects-film and television-are used to achieve the objective of the essay. Trainspotting is used to discuss the interplay between the author (filmmaker), cultural medium (cinema), and society. Teletubbies, on the other hand, is used to explore the "ordinariness" of culture in a highly globalized environment.
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"The New Left of the late 1950s and 1960s, which wanted to find a critical mode of analysis that offered an alternative to the ideologies of the Cold War, inspired the modern materialist examinations of higher and popular culture. This came about as dissatisfaction with both the individualistic, market-cantered doctrines of the West and the structural central planning of the East grew, encouraging a search for different, fresh perspectives. The New Left centred on culture because it connects individuals and society, thus overcoming the conflict of individual agency and social structure."
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