Trainspotting
How does the aesthetic quality of Trainspotting depict ideological issues of Youth and Addiction? Trainspotting shows addiction (Heroin addiction) in a way that could terrify the Youth watching the film, as it is not glamourized at all, it gives a realistic representation of what it takes and what it is like to be a Heroin addict. The Opening scene is the first idea of heroin usage and how it makes the characters feel, With Renton's, our main character, opening monologue he lists all the ideological things that people his age would choose and how they would life "Choose life, choose a job, choose a career...". At the ending of this monologue he ends it with "I chose not to choose life, I chose something else, and the reasons there are no reasons. Who needs reason when you got heroin", It shows in the younger generation during the 90's they decide to choose using drugs and have that take over their life then trying to make a success or a career for themsel