Each week we invite a famous face to watch a classic film they have never seen and tell us if it lived up to the hype or left them throwing their popcorn away in disgust.

Inspired by Ruth and Martin's Album Club blog, we decided to form a club of our own to test the cinematic knowledge of Scotland's great and good.

Up to the classic film club podium this week is award-winning Glasgow film director and actor Ryan Hendrick.

Known for producing YouTube hit Besieged and short film Perfect Strangers, which screened at festivals around the world including the Cannes Film Festival 2015, Ryan is currently preparing to direct his debut feature film Journey Bound.

With names such as Still Game's Ford Kiernan, Gregory's Girl actress Clare Grogan and former Doctor Who star Sylvester McCoy already signed up, the film will tell the story of a young lawyer chasing the love of his life through the Highlands.

Despite all this, and the fact he was taught during his student years by actor Robert Carlyle, somehow Ryan has never seen Danny Boyle's counterculture hit Trainspotting.

We aim to change that.

Why should we care?

You'd have been hard-pressed to find any teenager of the Trainspotting generation who didn't have a copy of Irvine Welsh's novel on their shelf or the ubiquitous line-up poster hanging on their wall at some point.

It's the film that came to encapsulate 90s youth rebellion and 20 years later is still regarded as the high-water mark of Scottish cinema.

Danny Boyle's 1996 dark comedy follows heroin addict Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) and his half-baked efforts to get clean while surrounded by dysfunctional mates (thieves/junkies/psychopaths) Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Johnny Lee Miller), Tommy (Kevin McKidd) and Begbie (Robert Carlyle) around the capital's pubs and drug dens.

Despite being set in Edinburgh, not much more than the iconic opening chase sequence down Princes Street and under Regent Bridge was actually filmed in the city.

The rest of Trainspotting was predominantly shot in Glasgow's abandoned Cigarette Factory, now the City Park business centre on Alexandra Parade, with the former social club providing the backdrop for the mugging of the American tourist and the drinking session following Renton and Spud's trial.

Other filming locations include Rouken Glen Park, where Sick Boy shoots the dog; Jaconelli's Cafe in Maryhill for a pre-job interview milkshake; the former Crosslands pub near Queen Margaret Drive, where Begbie tosses a pint glass, and the former Volcano nightclub in Partick, where Renton first meets schoolgirl Diane.

Played by 19-year-old Kelly Macdonald, the actress was plucked from obscurity after taking a flyer on the street calling for unknown actresses to audition for the part.

To swot up for the roles of heroin addicts, McGregor and Miller spent time with recovering addicts at Calton Athletic Recovery Group in the east end of Glasgow, learning about how withdrawal and how to shoot up authentically.

Shot in just 35 days with a budget of just £1.5m, the film went on to gross more the £70m at the box offices and became a launchpad for the careers of all involved.

Now, after two decades, Boyle, McGregor, Miller, Carlyle and Bremner are reuniting for a long-awaited sequel with filming slated to start in May.

Firstly, tell us about your three favourite films, Ryan?

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

This is my all-time favourite film. It has a great sense of adventure and comedy.

It's a rather silly film in places but there are moments where it emotionally hits you. John Candy is heartbreakingly brilliant in this film. I can't watch that film without there being a few tears shed at various points.

All in all, the bond and friendship the two central characters develop is the real appeal of this film.

Insomnia

Before Christopher Nolan was a household name, he made this visceral psychological thriller starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank.

It is an incredibly difficult subject matter and tone to pull off successfully. It is tense, claustrophobic, thrilling and visually stunning. There are great performances from the central cast, especially from Williams as the subtly creepy killer.

It turns the standard whodunit crime thriller on its heads and becomes a 'why-dunnit'.

Local Hero

It's quaint, it's cute, it's funny, it's poignant and it is still incredibly relevant today in the heat of the oil crisis.

I love the tone of this film - it encapsulates the culture of the Scottish Highlands brilliantly and is anything but a singing shortbread tin. It is a true classic.

What did you know about the film before you had seen it, Ryan?

I know Trainspotting to be a quintessential drug-induced gritty social realistic film Scotland has been trying to replicate ever since its initial success.

It was a breakthrough film for a record number of Scotland's top acting talent working today.

Why haven't you seen it before then?

Trainspotting was made in 1996 - I was 12 years old and clearly too young to see it. When I became interested in film-making in Scotland it popped up on my radar but it appeared to be the poster boy for what I believed, and still believe, to be the downfall of the Scottish film industry.

Not Trainspotting itself but all the wannabe replicas that tried to cash in on its success which followed and turned audiences away from an interest in Scottish film.

Now you've had the chance to watch it, what did you think of Trainspotting?

I love it. It was a very entertaining and endearing film. It deals with the depravity of drug addiction in a very intelligent way and managed to make it highly entertaining.

The first half is a rip-roaring comedy that presents itself as one hell of a drug induced hallucination. It's as if the camera itself is given a hit of heroin and we're watching its lush and glowing take on the world around it as the drug takes effect.

Then we hit the halfway point with a harrowing reality check as the consequences of drug addiction present themselves.

It's a clever tale of cause and effect brilliantly executed by Danny Boyle. Great cast and great soundtrack - I cannot wait for the imminent sequel.

Who was your favourite character?

Begbie is a work of art by Carlyle. I've been fortunate enough to meet Robert Carlyle when he took an acting masterclass I was part of and everything he talked about in his approach to performance I can see him really effectively put to work in this role.

It's a character you love and love to hate at the same time as he appears to have a moral centre, but it's a bit out of sync in this guy's manic existence.

Which scene did you enjoy the most?

I think the sequence where Renton is locked away in his parents' house while detoxing is a work of genius - visually stunning and actually incredibly unsettling.

The baby climbing the ceiling is just terrifying.

Do you have a favourite quote?

I don't think I could get away with saying this quote, even on The Late Show!

Begbie tosses a pint glass over a balcony in the pub and marches down the stairs declaring himself as Scotland's answer to Poirot.

Would you watch it again?

This easily deserves a second viewing. I'm pretty sure there's more to discover in this film on a second watch.

Would you recommend it to a friend?

This is a must watch for all avid film fans and film-makers. A very clever film that is incredibly fun and heartbreaking to watch.

Do you feel like a gap in your pop culture knowledge has been usefully filled?

I can no longer be dragged before the cameras for never having seen this film classic.

How would you rate the film out of 10?

I would give this a nine out of ten.

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