Trainspotting
How does the aesthetic quality of trainspotting depict ideological issues of youth and addiction. Trainspotting depicts ideological issues of youth and addiction through its aesthetic quality in many ways. For example, in the “worst toilet in Scotland” scene where Renton dives into the toilet and fishes for the opium suppositori es this is representative of the degrading and dehumanizing effects of heroin addiction. But once Renton is submerged in the toilet, he is exposed to the other side of drug use serenity, beauty and nirvana which is also reinforced by Renton sharing similarities with the baby out of the Nirvana album cover Nevermind in the mid-longshot of Renton swimming underwater where he is framed in a similar way as the baby which could either emphases the rock and roll side of drugs or how lost Renton is, also the blue tone adds to the whole serenity side of drug use , this all...