Youth groups through the ages presentation
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Sunday, 27 February 2011
Trainspotting
The main themes of the film are drugs, sex, abuse, crime, poverty, friendship and betrayal. All of these themes give a negative portrayal of British Youth. It shows youths of this time, mainly males, getting high most of the time and not doing much else. It gives the impression they will try to avoid paying for anything or getting at job at all costs. It presents them as being selfish and irresponsible, not really caring about anything other than their own needs. At one point Renton shows some responsibility for his actions as he tries to give up heroin and change his ways; however this is short lived as at the end of the film he steals his friend’s money and leaves them behind. Trainspotting shows society in the 1990s to not be very good, as there was a high level of a drug use, the living conditions were poor (as seen in the mise-en-scene of the film) and there was a lot of poverty. This film can seem as being meant ‘for the boys’ through the fact that the main characters are male and that the music and mise-en-scene can relate to the gender e.g. football, drinking, going out and meeting women etc. The film makes the parenting in the film seem bad, as the parents either appear to be neglecting their children or oblivious to what they are doing. This can be seen through Renton and his friends getting addicted to drugs and Diane going out to clubs and having sex underage. However Renton’s parents slightly redeem themselves as they take him home to try and help him stop his heroin addiction.
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