It is the scientific name of the poppy, also known as white poppy or `opium plant´- (remember that opium is used for relieving pain, as medicine for cough and to treat the diarrhea).
It is an ancient medicinal plant which milky sap contains a lot of alkaloids, and the important ones are morphine, codeine and papaverine.
From the morphine we can obtain the heroin, a very addictive drug which is mostly abused in the film Trainspotting (1996, Danny Boyle).
As a matter of interest, the heroin was produced by the pharmaceutical company, Bayer, in 1898, as the remedy for morphine addiction. The result : heroin was more addictive than morphine. Finally, a better alternative was found to heroin addiction, methadone.
To summarize the movie, I will define it as: a film in defence of life- choose it- although from the pharmacological view is in defence of drugs.
The film is based on the novel written by Irvine Welsh in 1993, which title refers to a hobby that consists of observing the moving trains and write their number and features for comparing later with another people .
The Trainspotting is also referred to a way to inject the heroin, directly through the vein.
Trainspotting talks about the story of a group of young heroin addicts from Edinburgh, without ambitions in life. I think it´s one of the films that deal with drugs in a realistic way, from being hook on drugs, unreality sensation they make (in my opinion, in the film they achieve that feeling when Renton falls in the red carpet), tolerance (the need for higher doses to achieve the same effects), withdrawal symptoms, and more symptoms, the coming off, the relapse and the detoxification.
Note: the Sick Boy character is obsessed by Sean Connery and his James Bond character. Curiously the actor who plays Sick Boy, Jonny Lee Miller, is Bernard Lee grandchildren, who played M in James Bond films until 1979.
Nowadays Jonny Lee Miller plays detective Sherlock Holmes with Lucy Liu (detective Watson) in Elementary serie, that will release the second season soon; very recommendable.
Trainspotting is one of the best films in ninety decade, when a`skinny heroin addict´ appearance was also in fashion and promoted in glamour magazines and fashion clubs like something chic.
Another note: Davidé Sorrenti was one of the fashion photographers in charge of promote this appearance (e.g. left picture), who curiously died at the age of 20 as a result of heroin overdose.
In relation to the O.S.T , I liked two songs I leave you the links below. Enjoy them.
In 2016 the second part will be released, Porno, the novel adaptation written by Irvine Welsh and the sequel to Trainspotting. It will also be directed by Danny Boyle and the story talks about the evolution (or not) of the characters.
The Trainspotting is also referred to a way to inject the heroin, directly through the vein.
Trainspotting talks about the story of a group of young heroin addicts from Edinburgh, without ambitions in life. I think it´s one of the films that deal with drugs in a realistic way, from being hook on drugs, unreality sensation they make (in my opinion, in the film they achieve that feeling when Renton falls in the red carpet), tolerance (the need for higher doses to achieve the same effects), withdrawal symptoms, and more symptoms, the coming off, the relapse and the detoxification.
Note: the Sick Boy character is obsessed by Sean Connery and his James Bond character. Curiously the actor who plays Sick Boy, Jonny Lee Miller, is Bernard Lee grandchildren, who played M in James Bond films until 1979.
Nowadays Jonny Lee Miller plays detective Sherlock Holmes with Lucy Liu (detective Watson) in Elementary serie, that will release the second season soon; very recommendable.
Trainspotting is one of the best films in ninety decade, when a`skinny heroin addict´ appearance was also in fashion and promoted in glamour magazines and fashion clubs like something chic.
Another note: Davidé Sorrenti was one of the fashion photographers in charge of promote this appearance (e.g. left picture), who curiously died at the age of 20 as a result of heroin overdose.
In relation to the O.S.T , I liked two songs I leave you the links below. Enjoy them.
In 2016 the second part will be released, Porno, the novel adaptation written by Irvine Welsh and the sequel to Trainspotting. It will also be directed by Danny Boyle and the story talks about the evolution (or not) of the characters.
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