Anticipating 'Train Spotting' by years, this multi-awarded seminal masterpiece is a gritty, uncompromising look at the mundane routine of junkies struggling for their fix - using theft and prostitution. With a fly-on-the-wall approach and casting real-life addicts, it shows the excitement, the despair and the wire it entails. Despite its very graphic scenes, it is infused with irony and compassion
