Monday, January 29, 2007

Trainspotting

"Escoge la vida. Escoge un trabajo. Escoge una profesión. Escoge una familia. Escoge una puta televisión grande. Escoge lavadoras, carros, estéreos y abridores de latas eléctricos. [...] Escoge sentarte en un sofá a mirar concursos televisivos que entumecen la mente y despedazan el espíritu, mientras te atiborras de comida chatarra. [...] Escoge tu futuro. Escoge la Vida... Pero, ¿por qué querría yo hacer algo semejante?" Corte a una escena en la que los personajes se están inyectando heroína. Todavía en off: "Yo elegí no elegir la vida: elegí algo distinto. ¿Los motivos? No hay motivos. ¿Quién necesita motivos cuando tiene heroína?" De ahí en adelante, la película describe cómo la amistad de Renton, Sick Boy, Tommy, Begbie y Spud se desintegra poco a poco, a la par que avanzan hacia una autodestrucción por lo visto irreversible.

That is the Spanish version of that classic line in the British movie "Trainspotting".

"Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday night. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?"

I came across that reference trying to remember the right way to conjugate "to choose " in Spanish. Escoger.

I liked that movie.

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