News culture This film released in 2010 is unbearable to watch: some spectators even left the theater in front of the violence of this scene
Published on 10/12/2024 at 1:20 p.m.
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Released almost fourteen years ago, the film 127 Hours shocked the public at the time because of a terribly realistic and violent sequence.
A shocking sequence
Released in theaters in 2010, 127 Hours was widely talked about at the time. For good reason: Danny Boyle’s film contains a sequence that is particularly difficult for ordinary mortals to endure. Towards the end of the feature film, the protagonist, stuck for days in a crevasse, decides to try everything in order to free himself. Using a Swiss army knife, he then begins to cut his arm, cutting the skin, the nerves, then the bones. An explicit, violent and terribly difficult sequence to watch. The viewing was so intense that at the time, many cinemas reported that some spectators left the theater and were seized by vomiting, fainting or convulsions. Reactions that director Danny Boyle nevertheless expected.
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A measured choice
127 Hours tells the true story of mountaineer Aaron Ralston, who, in 2003, found himself trapped under a rock during an ordinary hike in the Blue John Canyon in the United States. To survive, the mountaineer chose to amputate his arm in order to free himself. The film tells his story and pays tribute to him. It is with this in mind that Danny Boyle wanted to get as close as possible to the facts as they happened, as he explained at the time. However, the filmmaker was then aware that his choices shocked the public. “It’s funny because what worried me was that people left at that time“, he declared. “It’s a tribute to James and even though the audience doesn’t find this scene easy, you see people making an effort to hold on. You’re on a journey and the things that happen are difficult. It’s important for people to know that they’ve been through something and that there’s a reward attached to it. This reward is a deep feeling of well-being.“Difficult to endure, 127 Hours is supposed to reward the viewer in its final moments. A reward that not all audiences have necessarily received.
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