Choose life speech

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The "Choose life" speech is an iconic opening monologue from the film Trainspotting that satirically lists consumerist life choices before rejecting them in favor of heroin-fueled nihilism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film monologue ⓘ
opening monologue ⓘ
addresses modern consumer society ⓘ
appearsInFilm Trainspotting ⓘ
basedOnWork Trainspotting (novel) ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor Irvine Welsh ⓘ
closingIdea rejection of conventional life in favor of heroin ⓘ
culturalStatus cult quote ⓘ
iconic film monologue ⓘ
deliveredByActor Ewan McGregor ⓘ
deliveredByCharacter Mark Renton ⓘ
directorOfFilm Danny Boyle ⓘ
filmCountryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1996 ⓘ
followedBy opening chase sequence in Trainspotting ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
influenced later anti-consumerist slogans ⓘ
language English ⓘ
listsItemsSuchAs electrical tin openers ⓘ
family ⓘ
jobs ⓘ
leisurewear ⓘ
starter homes ⓘ
television ⓘ
washing machines ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
mode voice-over ⓘ
narrativeFunction critiques mainstream lifestyle choices ⓘ
frames film’s anti-heroic perspective ⓘ
introduces protagonist worldview ⓘ
narrator Mark Renton ⓘ
openingLine Choose life. ⓘ
partOf Trainspotting ⓘ
perspective first-person narration ⓘ
refrain Choose life ⓘ
screenwriterOfFilm John Hodge ⓘ
setting Edinburgh ⓘ
structure list of imperative consumer choices ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
anti-consumerism ⓘ
conformity ⓘ
consumerism ⓘ
drug addiction ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
nihilism ⓘ
youth culture ⓘ
tone satirical ⓘ
usedInMarketing Trainspotting promotional materials ⓘ

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Trainspotting (1996 film) → famousMonologue → Choose life speech ⓘ