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The Overdose and Withdrawal scene - Trainspotting These scenes should be considered the lowest point of “Trainspotting”, where Renton suffers an overdose and has to live through the consequences of getting sober. It is a moment of harsh reality that contrasts with the easygoing and fun approach that the film and the characters had been having. In these scenes the audience are brought back to the “real world” and realise that heroin is a serious topic in spite of how the directors had been portraying it until that point. The scenes themselves turn out to be the most realistic part of the film. They show the effects of drugs through Renton’s overdose, showing one of the many side effects that it can have. It is portrayed as chaotic and, sadly, the audience can identify with the moment as it was very common in Scotland at the time. Although the audience aligns with Renton as the scene is shot from his own eyes (in spite of the lack of his characteristic voiceover and using music instead, ...

Analysis of Narrative Resolution - Trainspotting The film Trainspotting has a full circle ending where the audience understands the reasoning behind the characters actions as the ideological themes are resolved. Themes such as friendship, betrayal, and addiction between others. Also, the moral message varies from person to person as the audience understands and becomes more empathetic towards the main character, Mark Renton.  Even though one of the most recognisable themes of the film is family and friendship, it is not represented as expected. Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie are not friends. They all use each other for their own benefit and let themselves end either in prison or in the hospital with an overdose. Tommy dies due to Renton’s irresponsible choice that led Lizzy (Tommy’s girlfriend) to break up with him, making him depressed and rely on heroin to numb his pain. He contracts HIV and proclaims that he has AIDS when Renton goes to visit him after his own overdose...