... you can learn from:
Trainspotting (1996)
Sick Boy: It's certainly a phenomenon in all walks of life.Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: What do you mean?Sick Boy: Well, at one time, you've got it, and then you lose it, and it's gone forever. All walks of life: George Best, for example. Had it, lost it. Or David Bowie, or Lou Reed...Renton: Some of his solo stuff's not bad.Sick Boy: No, it's not bad, but it's not great either. And in your heart you kind of know that although it sounds all right, it's actually just shite.Renton: So who else?Sick Boy: Charlie Nicholas, David Niven, Malcolm McLaren, Elvis Presley...Renton: OK, OK, so what's the point you're trying to make?Sick Boy: All I'm trying to do is help you understand that The Name of The Rose is merely a blip on an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory.Renton: What about The Untouchables?Sick Boy: I don't rate that at all.Renton: Despite the Academy Award?Sick Boy: That means fuck all. Its a sympathy vote.Renton: Right. So we all get old and then we can't hack it anymore. Is that it?Sick Boy: Yeah.Renton: That's your theory?Sick Boy: Yeah. Beautifully fucking illustrated.
A happy 39th birthday to Jonny Lee Miller.
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