Bubi

I haven't seen the movie, but the review is well-written.

I fully agree with every word that El Guevo has written... it's clear from the review and my comments that we think alike.

Occult Supersovereign, I certainly don't want to open a debate, but when I conclude the review by writing ... and nothing hurts me... I can walk in a desert or in a snowstorm... I move forward with my back against the wind... and there is no pain I do not know... and I have the cure for every disease... and I don’t want to see... and I suffer no more... and I run away... no, I don’t run away. And in my notes: How much time has passed? How much more will pass? My spirit is young, my mind is bursting with energy. But my body sleeps and slowly withers. How many times have I seen my hand tremble? My eyes flutter? My heart be afraid? I feel useless like a used condom, superfluous like trash. A spit on the wall. My soul wants peace. My face asks for a smile of joy. I want to flee from this solitude, which I feed on, in which I take refuge, and it is the only state in which I fulfill myself. I am a prisoner of my pride and the fear of abandoning this condition of non-being. My life is a lifeless thing, time has embalmed it, now it’s a corpse and it withers in the sun like a turd. (Another epilogue) One day I will quit the festive attire. I will stand naked in the middle of the square and I will begin to live. But how much time will pass? It means that I know the subject; if I am here writing it's because I have been fortunate, even though I got hepatitis, but I was truly fed up with that life, so I chose a job, family, washing machines, cars, electric can openers... etc. Among other things, I also successfully treated my hepatitis, and my brain still works.

Occult Supersovereign, I asserted that a film adapted from a book should not blindly follow the literary work; many directors (see Kubrick) have rarely done so. The weapons of the grotesque and the tragicomic are incredibly powerful. As for what you say about Ewan McGregor's clean-cut face, many of my friends looked just like him; some were in and out of jail, and when they were free, all they thought about was getting high. I used to try to remember those who have died... but I gave up because it makes me melancholic.

Hello puntiniCAZpuntini I was missing you.

Occult Supersovereign the characters are very credible, just as those in Drugstore Cowboy are believable. Do you perhaps think that those who shoot up are uncivilized brutes? I’ve frequented that scene for many years, and people from all walks of life did (and many then died). When I saw Drugstore Cowboy, I felt a shiver because it seemed to depict a snapshot of my life and my friends.

eletto1987 regarding Try to imagine the most beautiful orgasm of your life... etc you may be right because I wrote it trying to remember what was said, and I didn’t want to go transcribing the words directly from the film. When you say that the film cannot be considered educational, as it simply portrays a snapshot of Irish life during the transition between two eras... this time it’s you who is inaccurate, the film is set in Scotland. Educational because it conveys what is good and what is bad, showing the harshness and brutality of the lives of the four "friends" addicted to drugs.

To what I have already written, I want to add that a film adapted from a book should not blindly follow the literary work; many directors (see Kubrick) have hardly ever done so. The weapons of the grotesque and tragicomic are incredibly powerful; I believe that if Boyle had adhered to the letter of Irvin Welch's book (who has a small part in the film), Trainspotting would not have been as successful.

In the meantime, I looked up Requiem for a Dream online, which I will try to watch, as well as Noi ragazzi dello zoo di Berlino. I would like to know if anyone has seen Drugstore Cowboy by Gus Van Sant.

Hi, I just logged in, and I want to say that among those I've seen, in my opinion, the only film that truly depicts the condition of addicts is Drugstore Cowboy by Gus Van Sant, which might even be better because it's completely realistic and doesn't use irony or the surreal scenes that are abundant in Trainspotting. Fidia talks about: Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, which I haven't seen, but if you think there are others, let me know... I'm interested in the topic.