That song represents, i think, Renton's need to distract himself from heroin. He's not really "quitting" heroin he's just avoiding it...during these scenes he never seems sincere in his contentment. It seems like the loud music is almost trying to drown out his addictive thoughts until Begbie shatters the whole illusion by ringing the door bell.
Jim Taylor yeah we’re fucked because be can’t all become coal miners.... Go to France and you can see what happens when you don’t rain in your trade unions.
Margaret Thatcher (PM at the time the film's set) famously said "There's no such thing as society", meaning everyone was at their core, selfish and individualistic. Here, McGregor's quote is an ironic jab at the idea. While at first he appears to agree, he then admits he could be wrong - that there is a society - and that rather than human beings are not naturally selfish, but simply ignore the truth (that there is a society) by living unnaturally.
Given her taste for picking up older guys at discos, he probably thinks it's a reasonable question. In the film Renton appears to remove a condom after they have sex but there is no mention of one in the book. Obviously she has his London address but I wonder how Begbie got it - I don't see Renton giving it to him and he seems to be turning his back on his old haunts.
That would make sense mathematically yes, but it's not the case. The original is supposed to be in the late 80's and the sequel in present day despite only 20 years passing. Danny Boyle has admitted to taking liberties with the timeline. Also, to further add to the confusion, Danny Boyle wanted the original to have "90's feel" even though it's set in 1988.
I don’t know if anyone has ever mentioned this but I really love the colour scheming of this film everything has an overlay of greys and browns evoking both that this a film about smack but also about literal shit and about how disgusting we as a society have become even Marks eating here is revolting this has to be one of the most brutal depictions of humanity I’ve ever seen
@@Edis12121 Sick burn from the man with the Bored Apes profile. Yes mate I’ve seen not seen anything and that’s why I’m unqualified to compliment the colour scheming of a cult classic film or say that a story depicting the death of an infant in a dilapidated smack house is brutal.
it just has a slightly muted colour grade, it's a stretch to say that it's evoking literal shit and smack. he's eating a pot noodle, not shotgunning dogshit out of a newspaper
Interesting thing is this describes Irving Welsh himself. He made a living flipping houses/flats in ‘up and coming’ parts of London until he had success publishing his books
@@JReed1985 Well, at least it cost me one of my motorcycle to know they are kinda like belong together. One of my friend(or I can say former), borrowed my motorcycle through my other friend without my permission (I was on outside) and he sold it to other place and he flee away, when I want dig information from his friends who known as heavy addict, they kept protected him until I gave up and thank God my stupid friend who gave my motorcycle key want pay the compensation by bought me a second-hand motorcycle ( because he afraid I tattle out him to his big family)
@@ban66a1 sorry to hear that you were a victim of a friend who turned out to be an addict and begun stealing from you. At least you got a motorcycle that may have been second hand, but it works :)
I think Begbie had some sort of respect for Rentboy as he chose to hide out and lay low at his flat. That or Begbie thought Rentboy was the softest of the bunch. What do you think?
By that point Renton had fully kicked heroin, which is certainly something Begbie would have highly respected. There's also the line later on, "Begbie didn't trust Spud, and Sick Boy was too careful these days", so he probably also trusted Sick Boy but decided getting out of Scotland was the better idea.
@@pattate9636 How many cities around the world have you lived in for the same smount of time as you've lived in London? I take it you've been there for over a decade.
Trainspotting can be relatable to anyone growing up when they have to start managing their own lives. Its hard and life aint fair and rosy. Them being addicts isnt really what the film is about its about being young and immature until you see the real world for the first time and you have to fit into that world or have no life. Its the biggest thing in life when your that age and you have to go do it on your own because personal responsibility is the law, breaking that law u end up poor and alone with a shitty life that society will judge you for forever. The original and the sequel Should be mandatory viewing for teenagers.
I once had a short relationship with a young girl. I was very apathetic before I met her but she brought so much light into my life , made me run around and do things for her, and most importantly for myself. But then it all fell apart and I was back to being an apathetic loser. Oh well. Some people just can't pull their shit together unless someone good comes into their life. I'm one of them
@Luke Thomas oh that makes it ok then , two wrongs don't make a right. They invented stealing countries , slavery and genocide long before our countries even existed. Guess we should invade Italy in revenge for the Romans.
"There was no such thing as society and even if there was I had nothing to do with it" He chose that job so he could continue to be the sociopath he is, just in a more acceptable setting.
I'd like to know what that young couple did for a living to be able to be considering £320 a week for a shithole like that. That works out at £1,386 PCM and even today (22 years later) I'd say that price for what you are getting is fucking ridiculous.
Choose loving great fuck movies n then choose reading the books choose a movie sequel that hits so close to your heart (can't believe I have exactly the same ticker problem that Rents has in T2, too uncanny) choose a movie that even though it is set in a completely different country rings too true to you, remember your yesterday's and the laughter, shit you gotta chooses something even if it is an opiate. PsB77
"Bumdiggydiggydiggy bumdiggy dum" - can't argue with that logic.
Manzabhad Mann 90s
LOL
That song represents, i think, Renton's need to distract himself from heroin. He's not really "quitting" heroin he's just avoiding it...during these scenes he never seems sincere in his contentment. It seems like the loud music is almost trying to drown out his addictive thoughts until Begbie shatters the whole illusion by ringing the door bell.
Ice MC - Think About The Way (1994)
And that drop further proves his thesis right.
I forgot trainspotting included an ad from the London tourism association
Christopher Barber for real?
@@lucashitoshi I believe it's an incentive provided by the UK gvt, like in Canada.
Christopher Barber Are you been sarcasric or was this actually what it is?
It’s so terrible, that it almost has to be intentionally terrible. It sticks out like a sore thumb.
Christopher Barber Please, I need closure on this anecdote.
"There was no such thing as society and even if it was I had nothing to do with it"
Brilliant!
Satire on the Thatcher era.
@@kaczynskis5721 what dies that mean?
Jim Taylor yeah we’re fucked because be can’t all become coal miners....
Go to France and you can see what happens when you don’t rain in your trade unions.
Margaret Thatcher (PM at the time the film's set) famously said "There's no such thing as society", meaning everyone was at their core, selfish and individualistic.
Here, McGregor's quote is an ironic jab at the idea. While at first he appears to agree, he then admits he could be wrong - that there is a society - and that rather than human beings are not naturally selfish, but simply ignore the truth (that there is a society) by living unnaturally.
@@jimmy2k4o rain in your trade unions?
"School is going well at the moment. I'm not pregnant, but thanks for asking."
Given her taste for picking up older guys at discos, he probably thinks it's a reasonable question. In the film Renton appears to remove a condom after they have sex but there is no mention of one in the book.
Obviously she has his London address but I wonder how Begbie got it - I don't see Renton giving it to him and he seems to be turning his back on his old haunts.
@@kaczynskis5721 It's not that there's no mention of one in the book : Welsh even goes into detail, describing the way fluids exit her parts
rose it’s a bit creepy that, going into detail about how an underage schoolgirl cums lol, same as in Anne Frank’s diary
yeah thats a quote from the video, what was the point of commenting it ?
MrYo888779 I’ll take coz he wanted to for 500 Alex
Best British film of all time: it captured the 1990s perfectly.
It was supposedly set in 1985...
@@runawayplane6166 That's the book. The film seems to be set 5-10 years later (rave culture for eg.)
@@rdor011 I think it was set in the late 80's. There was no Aids epidemic in the 90's.
That would make sense mathematically yes, but it's not the case. The original is supposed to be in the late 80's and the sequel in present day despite only 20 years passing. Danny Boyle has admitted to taking liberties with the timeline.
Also, to further add to the confusion, Danny Boyle wanted the original to have "90's feel" even though it's set in 1988.
Jock Mackay despite the sequel clearly being set in 2016/2017 yet being 20 years after the first film
I love Renton's "oh no" so low-key... the calm before the storm
I always laugh my ass off at that part especially after seeing the movie a bunch and knowing what hell hes about to go through
@@gulfcoastbenchreport
Just when things are going your way, someone has to come and ruin it all. It’s both hilarious and harrowing.
I'm forever imitating the way Rents says "Awwhhh noooh " whenever something goes wrong.
“Francis Begbie”
Armed robbery? I mean how the FUCK can it be armed robbery wi a fuckin replica?!?
Man, sometimes I forget how good ‘90s club music was!
this scene is a visual and auditory whiff of fresh air
“Hmm what if my heroin addict movie had an Ad for London halfway thru it?” LOL
Miramax this was honostly one of your best movies
GazB well whatever the case every time that miramax logo comes on I know it’s gonna be damn good movie
Except it wasn't really Miramax, they just gained the rights to distribute it in America. This was by Channel 4 and PolyGram
@@hakc97again oh thank God I can finally stop feeling guilty for liking this film
I dunno, I heard Harvey Weinstein made some better ones, unreleased
Not a Miramax production. They only distributed it in the states!
The trainspotting generation kids ! Took me 30 yr to get clean but finally did it . Top film
good on ya!
That tune at the beginning is so London. And this movie is so damn awesome I love it!
2:46 Loved Rentons reaction here.
ohw noe
Spud's regards is priceless :))
I don’t know if anyone has ever mentioned this but I really love the colour scheming of this film everything has an overlay of greys and browns evoking both that this a film about smack but also about literal shit and about how disgusting we as a society have become even Marks eating here is revolting this has to be one of the most brutal depictions of humanity I’ve ever seen
Fun fact: The shit in the toilet was chocolate mousse.
you havent seen much then, have ya?
@@Edis12121 Sick burn from the man with the Bored Apes profile. Yes mate I’ve seen not seen anything and that’s why I’m unqualified to compliment the colour scheming of a cult classic film or say that a story depicting the death of an infant in a dilapidated smack house is brutal.
YES!!!! i love the colours in this movie sm!!!! Never hear anyone mention them tho. I love color scheming in 90s movies
it just has a slightly muted colour grade, it's a stretch to say that it's evoking literal shit and smack. he's eating a pot noodle, not shotgunning dogshit out of a newspaper
I swear man, Miramax put out the best movies.
Harvey Weinstein was a terrible man, but his company did make some of the best films of the 90’s and 2000’s, and you can’t ignore that fact.
I like how Rent is eating instant ramen and smoking a cigarette
Worst combination of tastes ever
not a cigarette
So relatable
01:44
"there was no such thing as society, and even if there was, I almost certainly had nothing to do with it" fk
2:13.. "tell mark riee..ye tell em riee"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Imagine reading handwritten letters. What a concept
Damn this movie had a great soundtrack like many 90's flicks
The beauty in this scene is that it can be so 90's, yet so 2010's at the same time.
this is why I did well in school growing up.
there is no such thing as "society"
Yet so 2030
I've seen 10 clips by now.....
I might as well just re watch the whole movie
Begbie coming to stay with him is the funniest Schadenfreude type shit
And then Sickboy. Are you gonna eat that?
"How can it be armed robbery ...with a replica?"
@@Steerpike07 he's got a point tho like 😂
I love how the intro video to London acts like a tourist advert.
Interesting thing is this describes Irving Welsh himself. He made a living flipping houses/flats in ‘up and coming’ parts of London until he had success publishing his books
I'm slowly realizing that just about every good movie I've ever seen is Miramax
This is so 90's
Communication via letter.good old.days
I remember when it were nowt but pigeons
Oh the 90s I miss u
Francis begby! Ohhhh noooo
BUM DIGGY DIGGY DIGGY BUM DIGGY BUM
One of the things I wanna do before death is move to London and get a job as a real estate agent doing an Ewan McGregor impression.
Sexy Dark Elf728 me too
Also me, and get clean too like Renton does.
Don't forget the keys to the Talgarth Road.
ohhhh nooooo
real
Poor Mark Renton was enjoying his new life until his so called friends turned up only to mooch off of him 😠
That's the bad side from having junkies friend community, bound to each other until end of life, it's like there's no way out.
@@ban66a1 tell me about it, I had to drop one friend because he turned to drugs and was clearly scrounging off of me.
@@JReed1985
Well, at least it cost me one of my motorcycle to know they are kinda like belong together. One of my friend(or I can say former), borrowed my motorcycle through my other friend without my permission (I was on outside) and he sold it to other place and he flee away, when I want dig information from his friends who known as heavy addict, they kept protected him until I gave up and thank God my stupid friend who gave my motorcycle key want pay the compensation by bought me a second-hand motorcycle ( because he afraid I tattle out him to his big family)
@@ban66a1 sorry to hear that you were a victim of a friend who turned out to be an addict and begun stealing from you.
At least you got a motorcycle that may have been second hand, but it works :)
Take me back to 1996 please !!
@@jslfcs7087 Moped/biker gangs roam the streets looking for targets whilst police ignore them. London is a sh1thole today.
I think Begbie had some sort of respect for Rentboy as he chose to hide out and lay low at his flat.
That or Begbie thought Rentboy was the softest of the bunch.
What do you think?
By that point Renton had fully kicked heroin, which is certainly something Begbie would have highly respected. There's also the line later on, "Begbie didn't trust Spud, and Sick Boy was too careful these days", so he probably also trusted Sick Boy but decided getting out of Scotland was the better idea.
I think it was as far as he could get from Scotland without having his passport checked.
It’s Renton not rentboy 😂
@@MANTHELEXUS
Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?
Hey Rentboy! You bring us down a fucking smoke!
Had the film poster to this in my flat when it come out.
Nice of old Begbie to ring the bell.
Yeah, he could've kicked the door in no trouble
I lived on Talgarth Road for a year and the prices have gone up : £250/ week for a bedroom!
Jesus. That much just to hear cars whizzing past 24/7
London's a scam
@@kingloser4198 it really isn’t. Greatest City in the world.
@@pattate9636 How many cities around the world have you lived in for the same smount of time as you've lived in London? I take it you've been there for over a decade.
@@pattate9636travel more if you think London is the best city in the world, New York, Sydney and Zurich are a few that are better
I just watched it laat weekend . classic ❤❤
i ve never been to london and this montage always made me so reticent to ever go there
Juan Huarte it’s the greatest city i’ve seen
Fuck London it's overrated n dear come 2 Warrington mate
@@benkeane365 Bumdiggydiggydiggy bumdiggy dum
It's nothing like it used to be back then.
@@semy7600 i live there now, its shite
Trainspotting can be relatable to anyone growing up when they have to start managing their own lives. Its hard and life aint fair and rosy. Them being addicts isnt really what the film is about its about being young and immature until you see the real world for the first time and you have to fit into that world or have no life. Its the biggest thing in life when your that age and you have to go do it on your own because personal responsibility is the law, breaking that law u end up poor and alone with a shitty life that society will judge you for forever. The original and the sequel Should be mandatory viewing for teenagers.
Its sad looking at that and knowing that London no longer exists.
Marshalla, Allahu Akbar.
Londonistan
BEST FRIENDS MOVIE EVER!!!
I once had a short relationship with a young girl. I was very apathetic before I met her but she brought so much light into my life , made me run around and do things for her, and most importantly for myself. But then it all fell apart and I was back to being an apathetic loser. Oh well. Some people just can't pull their shit together unless someone good comes into their life. I'm one of them
Don’t talk like that. You can make it happen!
Instead of pulling yer shit together yer crying in the youtube comments
Any girl who makes you do things for her whilst doing nothing for you in return is not worth the trouble.
Don’t answer it, Mark
Unfortunately he cares too much for his friends, Renton's biggest downfall in caring for sociopaths who just want to use you.
Begbie would've booted the door off the hinges anyway, surely
why is spud listed in the description as “Ewen McGregor”
@Jamie McCallum yeah but they messed up the surname
I would never bring this movie to movie night at my friends house but I FUCKING LOVE THIS MOVIE
God how londons changed now
Aye.... 700 a week
When you allow third worlders into your country, that's exactly what it becomes.
Yeah, this film came out just before Blair came along and opened the borders
@Luke Thomas oh that makes it ok then , two wrongs don't make a right. They invented stealing countries , slavery and genocide long before our countries even existed. Guess we should invade Italy in revenge for the Romans.
@Luke Thomas Is that the same Arabs and Romans who committed lots of genocides and killed millions.? At least have an honest debate.
"So find the feeliiiiiiinnnnnn!!!"
"So, find the feeling!"
BUM DIGGY DIGGY DIGGY BUM DIGGY BUM
London mid 1990's sounded booming
@@stevekaczynski3793 both book and movie were?
Trainspotting really did not need a tourist montage/advert of mid 90s London
Compare it to now when people can barely pay their utility bills.
90s was last great era for humanity
its a fact
Brilliant film. Even if it's hard to watch and disgusting. It has a brilliant, dark tone.
£320 per week.
x 52 weeks = £16640 per year / 12 = £1387 per month.
In 1996.
God *DAMN*
its 250 pounds per week for a bedroom in a house now, in the area thats in the film (talgarth and gliddon rd)
@@TL.... that’s not that bad
Omg, the producer of the film
Kevin Gately is Dead it is a cameo from the film s producer... The curly haired guy. #lowbudget
@Alberto he means he looks about 18yo. how can a kid get a job as a film producer? and why were his other films banal by comparison?
Who smokes and eats at the same time wtf
We do
my mates dad did that. never understood how he could do that
me
Disguisting heroin addicts
richard ashcroft
What a difference 3 decades makes. The UK looks nothing like this.
youd think hed look the prospective clients in the eye when shaking their hand
"There was no such thing as society and even if there was I had nothing to do with it"
He chose that job so he could continue to be the sociopath he is, just in a more acceptable setting.
Anyone else notice that they said spud was played my mcgregor as well in the description 😂😂
Spud played the role of Renton in the stage production.
The best scene is when they leap out of the storage space later on.
agreed!
"It's shite bein scottesh"
“..................oh no”
This makes me want to go to london
Don't do it.
@ To be fair, the parts shown in this clip aren't really any different.
@ Londonistan
Lol let's trade, i wanna get the fuck outta here
Yes yes come to London, but be careful you don't get stabbed
Great tune what is it called?
Think about the way - Ice MC
Bong diggie diggie bing diggie bong
Darude - sandstorm
the world did not deserve spud
On the front door it said 176 where they where standing is no 1 Talgarth Road before going into property don't know why they changed the number
ARMED ROBBERY?!
wi' a feckin replica?
@@oliverb6313 sposed ta be fookin' solid silver, it's fookin' garrrbage
The real robbers were the letting agents 😁
Oh YEAHHHHHHHHH
Choose Life!
but why would I do that!
320 pounds a week?!
TheDavo10001 in today's money that's nearly 30,000 a year
Shoot I hadnt even made 30,000 a year yet haha
London, brah
Glad I wasn't the only who thought that was insane! For 1996 anyway.
I'd like to know what that young couple did for a living to be able to be considering £320 a week for a shithole like that. That works out at £1,386 PCM and even today (22 years later) I'd say that price for what you are getting is fucking ridiculous.
LULVIRGIN Jonkler: We live in a society
BASED Rents: There is no society
What song is that at the beginning
? I LOVE IT! ❤️
Ice Mc - Think About the Way
What is the name of the song please?
Ice MC - think about the way
@@travoedoi Thank you
"No one has seen Tommy for ages..."
:(
Francis begbie ohh no 🤣🤣
Pasan a londres y parece otra película. Más luz y dejan de lado lo antihigiénico de escocia
2:36 such a freaking cutie
God I wish I was in London in the 90’s
Song?
how did begbie find him
great song by the way
Name of the tune at the start plz
Ice Mc - Think About The Way
Bumdiggydiggydiggy bumdiggy dum
Which is the song?!
Aline Susana Gormaz Arcos Think About the Way by Ice MC
320 pound a week which is almost 1,300 a month is almost the market rate now in London and is alot of money so in 1996 that was very very expensive.
0:31
I don't remember this part, which friend was that?
begbie
@@wm4818 Oh, duh... The jean jacket sleeve should have given that away, lol.
Like If Mani Brought Here ( Song: Mani - Δεν Υπαρχω )
Frances Begbie
Choose loving great fuck movies n then choose reading the books choose a movie sequel that hits so close to your heart (can't believe I have exactly the same ticker problem that Rents has in T2, too uncanny) choose a movie that even though it is set in a completely different country rings too true to you, remember your yesterday's and the laughter, shit you gotta chooses something even if it is an opiate. PsB77
£320 PW London.... Bargain
1996 actually
@@stevekaczynski3793 Ah, ok. Thanks for correcting.
Oh no...
Can this scene get any more European?
this is hardly european
@@petervermeer8659 it’s in Europe so it’s European
@@SuperKiao Thanks for clarifying
You spelt British wrong
02:45> Aw SHITE more like
When england was england
Francis begbie 🤣
Francis Begbie
Aw naw !
Who really had the keys to Talgarth road?
*ohno*