Trainspotting

“There Was No Such Thing As Society And If Even There Was, I Most Certainly Had Nothing To Do With It." I first saw Trainspotting when I was 13. It was like 1998 and my friend who had a huge crush on Thom Yorke from Radiohead suggested watching it because she’d just seen it and thought it was my kinda vibe.  I was, after all, spending my time stealing, getting high, getting drunk, wasting hours in dim lit parking lots with the rest of my idiot friends who’d challenge each-other to do dumb shit that almost killed us for laughs.  I can tell you in utmost sincerity I’ve rewatched this more than any other movie could even possible compare. It is my ultimate comfort film.  To finally see it in the theater was so beautiful. So crisp. So many details I’d never seen. The people in the seats next to me were watching for the first time and I got to experience their delight at those infamous scenes… and to top it off my phone died right after the movie started so I spend the rest of the night being unreachably present.  The cinematography still wows me. Soundtrack still all bangers.  It will be my ice station zebra.