Come face to face with the dark side of seize-the-day hedonism. Heroin overdoses, binge drinking and violence on a poverty-stricken council estate in 1980s Edinburgh - accompanied by Iggy Pop’s theme song 'Lust for Life'. A carpe diem cult classic.
Renton on heroin: 'Take the best orgasm you’ve ever had, multiply it by a thousand, and you’re still nowhere near it.'
