This tried-and-tested classic – one of the most innovative films of the ’90s – now turns thirty. Danny Boyle read Irvine Welsh’s book and adapted it into an ultra-high-energy, compelling, humorous film about four drug addicts rattling around the streets of Edinburgh.
A sensation when it hit cinema screens back in 1996, Trainspotting ’s editing was faster, more dynamic and more exciting than anything that came before; the film was soon recognised as one of the most innovative productions of the ’90s.
Ewan McGregor stars as Mark Renton, the most reflective member of a group that also includes the compulsive womaniser, Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and the hapless Spud (Ewen Bremner). Renton, Spud and Sick Boy's issues with drugs alternatively irritate and…
