Danny and Drugs.

“Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a Fucking big television."

This is where the movie starts - Raw and fresh and all 'I-don't-wanna-get-caught' police chase in the busy, pale streets of britain. Danny makes us run along with the film throughout by his gripping cinematography and stunning direction.

Haunting Dreams, sex, Money and most important of all, Heroin are the main characters in the film where the supporting cast stars Ewan McGregor as a drug addicted and 'I'm-missing-something-in-my-life' kind of person. His brilliant performance adds to the perfect picture in Danny Boyle's list.

The symmetry in the cinematography and direction will give you a clue of what Danny and Britich Cinema can do!

I've been always fascinated by Danny's perspective on filmmaking and the ideology behind it. The fact that Trainspotting is considered the best in British cinema is because of what Danny did to the film by adapting it from a novel. The way the film feels rich is all because of the cinematography and the art Danny incorporated into the frame.

His first film 'Shallow Grave' stands always as a lesson to budding independent filmmakers like me and several others. Danny is like the unique guy who believed in digital technology in filmmaking where he shot many of his films using a digital camera - mostly canon 5D, 1D, SI-2K etc. Whereas in the industry of films, filmmakers like Christopher Nolan criticised the digital technology saying that it is unreliable but Danny proved that digital can be made use to shoot films with passion and with more realism in them and examples for his statements are the films by him.

'I exactly know what I'm getting on the set itself, I do not have to wait for the dailies and which obviously reduces the number of days in the production' says Danny Boyle speaking of cameras he uses.

Being a dark comedy, Trainspotting still questions people of their decisions in life, true identity, conscience, the temptation for basic instincts, reliability through the characters that reflect the shadows of the normal people in a society. A true depiction of addicts and their daily life is discussed and can be seen from so close that when the scene where the baby dies because the mother forgets to feed him for so many days because of she, being in the addicted state of heroin and so are the other people in the house will even give you goosebumps for a second. That is when you'll realize the pathetic and terrific state of addicts (not only of drugs but of money and violence) and their mental state which apparently makes them unstable.

Renton (McGregor) goes through a critical stage in his youthful life which involves involving with a 15 year old girl for sex and love(apparently) and a scene showing him getting inside of a toilet and getting enlightened for a second there, the hallucinations he experiences will try and change him in one way or the other possible way.

The power of Heroin still stands as a terrific stuff which is for sure an impact from the film and the way it is presented in the film. Though it is a neo-noir experience, the film has ground levels of reality in the locations, the characters, the situations they face etc which seems to be a homage to the films being made in Italy and all over the world on neo-realism and life events. But, this film for sure will stand different from all the ways of watching and making films. The reason is Danny Boyle.

When Danny made Slumdog Millionaire, the whole world of films watched it with an 'aww' expression on their faces - the fact is that the film again dealt with realism and the hunger of a poor kid and his journey through Mumbai and all over India in search of his love and destination. Slumdog Millionaire still surprises and gives the same feel everytime when you watch it - the reason is that the film was made with such a flexible vision and it was presented the same way through the eyes of Danny.

And then the philosophy of a drug addict who has got a clear vision on reliability and loyalty is worth thinking of - Yes, I'm speaking of the philosophy of Renton from Trainspotting!

Choose Life.