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Trainspotting movie trailer

Choose life. Choose a job. 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 and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose a three piece suit on hire purchased in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose a future. Choose life . . . But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?

Renton, Trainspotting

The movie, Trainspotting, is a typical post modern movie. It describes the common subculture of British teens in the 90s. The teens in the movie use drugs to escape from their regular living and to avoid social rules and responsibilities. As much as it may seem abnormal to many, the teens are satisfied with the lifestyle and do not wish to change.

Subcultures are the minority cultures in the society. They are usually deemed irregular by the predominating culture as they many times disagree with the social norms. The subcultures exist because the world around them is open to interpretations. An interpretation can be as valid as any dominating cultures to some if they found it justified. This movie is showing an ostensible image of a fragile society.