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Wannabe writer/critic currently selling PCs - and my soul - at PC World. Spent a lot of time crashing intellectual parties in Prague. Now being nice on Ciao! UK.
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Let's get this straight from the outset - I've never been part of the drugs culture, I've never taken any illegal substances, and I wouldn't touch a pill, even if I was ALREADY sitting in intensive care, inside some form of plastic incubation bubble, surrounded by a team of doctors. Some were horrified by Human Traffic's portrayal of drugs - yes, it does glamorise drug use, but slating the movie for this would be missing the point. Human Traffic is about going out and enjoying yourself with your mates, whether you gobble pills like Pacman, or are a tee-totalling abstainer.
There is no plot. A group of mates go out clubbing, take some pills, dance, then come down the next day. The credits sequence threatens to make a political point, with newsreel footage of Police vs. Party People. This is quickly abandoned, though, and the rest of the movie follows an anecdotal look at the lives of five friends that live for the weekend.
Jip works in a Men's clothing outlet. Koop works in a record store. Nina packs in her soul-destroying job at a fast food restaraunt. Lulu is a student, and Moff is a cheeky Cockney drug pusher.
That's all there is to it, but what makes this endlessly watchable is the exuberance with which Justin Kerrigan hangs his episodic ode to clubbing together. Through a series of energetic scenes, he successfully captures the excitement of a great night out. Add to this a bunch of fresh performances from virtual unknowns, Kerrigan's gimmicky direction and a pulsating Pete Tong-compiled soundtrack, and this will hav the most jaded clubber up and dancing in their sitting room.
Not all of it works the alternative National Anthem doesn't work at all, and a cameo by drugs guru Howard Marks gives you the feeling Kerrigan wasn't sure if his movie was cool enough, so chucked Marks in for good measure.
Human Traffic makes it okay to go out and have a good time with your mates again. Essential.
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Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
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the vinyl blagging the guest list mobile phones trainers combats care-less monged mashed sorted safe. And here it is in all its pupil-dilated teeth grindi...
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The real story of youth in the nineties is this: chemicals, clubs, bars, pubs, pushing the ... more
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Advantages: Classic film, can be watched many times and enjoyed by all Disadvantages: Few extra features, doesn't vary a lot to the normal edition of the film
![Human Traffic [1999] [DVD]](http://picnica.ciao.com/uk/78550962.jpg "Human Traffic [1999] [DVD]")
Jan 2nd, 2001
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