RE: 'Trainspotting' by Danny Boyle Review: A story on life

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Choose life.

I think films like Trainspotting, The Basketball Diaries, and even Requiem for a Dream are something parents should make their grown-up kids watch. Not that this was my case, but back in the 1990s, when I became a film fan, many directors changed the way I looked at life through their movies. Danny Boyle was definitely one of them.

By the way, I also recommend his feature-film debut Shallow Grave, if you haven’t seen it yet.
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when I became a film fan, many directors changed the way I looked at life through their movies.

Yeah that's actually how I ended up getting into photography. The more I started to actually get into films, the more I found an area of it that I loved. And that encouraged me to pick up my first camera: Canon AE-1. Still run around with it today, but not as much due to the high cost of film, especially in Armenia. Some rolls of film are 16 GBP where back home in England they're half that. Still a lot compared to how they used to be.

Today though cinema continues to influence the gear I buy. I mostly stick to vintage glass because of the filmic look. Soviet lenses with unique bokeh and that softness in the image to them. Very beautiful!

New Wave Hong Kong cinema really inspired me. That filmic look with strong tones of green and blue. As well as the more recent Chinese arthouse wave that quickly came and went from 2010 - 2020. Bi Gan's upcoming Resurrection looks beautiful though.

I will check out Shallow Grave, maybe tomorrow if I have the time ;^)

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I’m also really looking forward to Resurrection; Long Day’s Journey into Night was deeply hypnotic.
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