Every addiction always comes with its consequences because, “When you can stop you don’t want to, and when you want to stop, you can’t.” Luke Davies, Candy. An addiction can come from mostly anything and at times it’s hard to give up. The condition or fact of being addicted to a particular activity, substance or thing is defined as an addiction. Amongst society there’s drug abusers that practice the use of heroin that brings addiction and consequences to their life. A film that can relate is, Trainspotting (1996) directed by Danny Boyle is about a group of heroin addicts who run together in Edinburgh. The story is narrated by Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) in search of misplaced drugs. He introduces his circle of friends, Ewen Bremner as Spud, simple-minded, good natured, who confronts a job interview panel mixed with nightmares, Johnny Lee Miller as Sick Boy, amoral con artist whose theories of Scottish actor and producer, Sean Connery don’t seem to flow from seeing his movies sober, Kevin McKidd as Tommy, clean-cut athlete that returns to drugs more than once, and Robert Carlyle as sociopath Begbie boast about not using drugs but picks extremely violent fights with people who stand in his way by throwing beer mugs. Cinematography helps us understand the struggles and consequences of the dark corners of addiction through camera angles, lighting and point of view. The film lets us know that life is what you make it and that anything is possible if you try hard enough.…
