Trainspotting Page #5
RENTON:
Exactly.
SPUD:
Nightmare.
RENTON:
It's a tightrope, Spud, a f***ing
tightrope.
SPUD:
My problem is that I tend to clam
up. I go dumb and I can't answer
any questions at all. Nerves on
the big occasion, like a footballer.
RENTON:
Try this.
Renton unfolds silver foil to reveal some amphetamine.
Spud dips in a finger and takes a dab. He nods in
appreciation as he tastes it. Renton leaves the packet in
Spud's hand.
SPUD:
A little dab of speed is just the
ticket.
INT. INTERVIEW OFFICE - DAY
A Woman and Two Men (1 and 2) are interviewing Renton. His
job application form is on the desk in front of them.
MAN 1
Well, Mr. Renton, I see that you
attended the Royal Edinburgh
College.
RENTON:
Indeed, yes, those halcyon days.
MAN 1
One of Edinburgh's finest schools.
RENTON:
Oh, yes, indeed. I look back on my
time there with great fondness and
affection. The debating society,
the first eleven, the soft know of
willow on leather --
MAN 1
I'm an old boy myself, you know?
RENTON:
Oh, really?
MAN 1
Do you recall the school motto?
RENTON:
Of course, the motto, the motto --
MAN 1
Strive, hope, believe and conquer.
RENTON:
Exactly. Those very words have
been my guiding light in what is,
after all, a dark and often hostile
world.
Renton looks pious under scrutiny.
MAN 2
Mr. Renton --
RENTON:
Yes.
MAN 2
You seem eminently suited to this
post but I wonder if you could
explain the gaps in your employment
record?
RENTON:
Yes, I can. The truth -- well, the
truth is that I've had a long-
standing problem with heroin
addiction. I've been know to sniff
it, smoke it, swallow it, stick it
up my arse and inject it into my
veins. I've been trying to combat
this addiction, but unless you
count social security scams and
shoplifting, I haven't had a regular
job in years. I feel it's important
to mention this.
There is silence.
A paper clip crashes to the floor.
INT. OFFICE - DAY
The same office. The same team are interviewing Spud.
SPUD:
No, actually I went to Craignewton
but I was worried that you wouldn't
have heard of it so I put the Royal
Edinburgh College instead, because
they're both schools, right, and
we're all in this together, and I
wanted to put across the general
idea rather than the details, yeah?
People get all hung up on details,
but what's the point? Like which
school? Does it matter? Why? When?
Where? Or how many O grades did I
get? Could be six, could be one,
but that's not important. What's
important is that I am, right?
That I am.
MAN 1
Mr. Murphy, do you mean that you
lied on your application?
SPUD:
Only to get my foot in the door.
Showing initiative, right?
MAN 1
You were referred here by the
Department of Employment. There's
no need for you to get you "foot
in the door", as you put it.
SPUD:
Hey. Right. No problem. Whatever
you say, man. You're the man, the
governor, the dude in the chair,
like. I'm merely here. But obviously
I am. Here, that is. I hope I'm
not talking too much. I don't
usually. I think it's all important
though, isn't it?
MAN 2
Mr. Murphy, what attracts you to
the leisure industry?
SPUD:
In a word, pleasure. My pleasure
in other people's leisure.
WOMAN:
What do you see as your main
strengths?
SPUD:
I love people. All people. Even
people that no one else loves, I
think they're OK, you know. Like
Beggars.
WOMAN:
Homeless people?
SPUD:
No, not homeless people. Beggars,
Francis Begbie -- one of my mates.
I wouldn't say my best mate, I
mean, sometimes the boy goes over
the score, like one time when we --
me and him -- were having a laugh
and all of a sudden he's f***ing
gubbed me in the face, right --
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