An arm or a life, which is more important?

Everyone knows the answer to this arithmetic problem, but when it comes to practice, I believe that few people will do it, and it is only because of this that this story is so shocking! It's so thought-provoking when it's presented on the screen!

Allan? Ruston took out the 4-inch folding knife and first aid kit, placed them on the rock in front of him, tightened his right upper arm with a bandage, and cut it down along the joint of his right elbow.

Because the knife was very blunt, Allen cut continuously for an hour, and finally cut off the musculo-soft tissue of his right arm, and then he first broke the radius of his forearm near his wrist, and in the next few minutes, he moved his position and broke the ulna with the help of a rock on the principle of torque.

A large amount of blood gushed out, staining the boulder that was pressing down on his right arm and flowing to the ground, Alan almost fainted due to massive blood loss, and then he took out the antiseptic ointment, bandages, etc. from the first aid kit to give his right arm an emergency hemostatic treatment.

Allan? Ruston is still alive and still climbing, so Natalie won't shoot so hard, and the process of breaking her arm, although bloody, is also avoided, far from what the propaganda says.

It's scary to pick a nerve, so Natalie took it out alone and filmed it, but in the real Alan? Ruston borrowed a broken bone from a stone that not many viewers could afford, so Natalie took it along.

This section can be called the soul of the whole film, the Long Island girl uses a very clever technique, the blood on Ryan's face is more like ketchup, there is no sign of blood spurting wildly after the broken arm, he doesn't even bleed while running - how can a simple tourniquet have such a good effect - in fact, it is hinting at Natalie's intentions, she wants to shoot not a broken arm, but survival!

Natalie has discussed her understanding of this movie with Ryan several times, the theme of the movie is not based on sadism, she shows more courage and will, and the hope of life!

It's a movie full of hope!

The place where Allen was trapped was a steep rock face, 65 feet from the bottom of the canyon. After a simple stop to stop the bleeding, he anchored a rope to the rock wall, lowered it with the help of a rope with one arm, and obtained much-needed water from the dirty waterhole to walk towards the hope of life.

The wider the desert canyon, the softer and easier it is to sink, and it is very difficult and laborious for ordinary people to walk on it, and Alan not only has to fight for time with blood loss, coma, dehydration, etc., but also has to walk at least 7 miles to see a glimmer of hope for life

Fortunately, his luck exploded at this time. As he stumbled close to the Horseshoe Valley, he was confronted by two Dutch walkers, who hurriedly gave Alan food and water, and then in a hurry, the three continued on their way.

They walked through the 'Grand Gallery' area, and just about a mile from Alan's car, a helicopter came - Allen didn't go to work for five days, and his colleagues called the police, who sent a helicopter to look for him. Found Alan's car in Horseshoe Canyon - just as he was about to land for inspection, he saw the three of them!

Rescuers were stunned after the helicopter landed and found a person standing there in addition to the two Dutch travelers, covered in red. From head to toe, there was scabbed dried blood everywhere and blood that was pouring out, and the blood from the severed arm had stained his right leg the same color as red sandstone!

On the plane, rescuers kept talking to Allen. lest he fall asleep, they saw his empty right sleeve, though they knew in their hearts what was happening. But they didn't dare to think about it, and it was inconvenient to ask, but Allen, who was drinking water from the cabin, told them bluntly - he had to cut off his arm in order to survive.

Twelve minutes later, the plane arrived at St. Mary's Hospital, and the most unbelievable and dumbfounded thing of the whole incident happened, and Alan walked into the emergency room by himself without anyone's help!

Natalie deliberately used the words of the rescuer to show Allen's will - he is simply not a human being!

The film doesn't end there, Natalie explains the development of the events in the form of quick short shots and text narration.

"The police had gone to Blue John's Canyon to look for Allen's right arm, where the climbing lock was still hanging, and it was clear that Allen had tried to move the boulder, which weighed nearly 800 pounds and was large enough to fill half a truck, using a simple pulley of ropes and hooks."

"Allen's severed arm is still there, surrounded by blood, and the doctor said that even if the severed arm was sent back to the hospital with Allen at that time, there was no way to transplant it again; Taking a step back, even if Allen was saved on the first day of distress, Allen still needed to have his leg amputated. ”

The end of the film, after showing Allen's life after his amputation, moves to the press conference for the release of his autobiography, which is a real video material.

"During those 5 days, I was thinking about how to get out of trouble, my feelings changed many times, but I knew that I had to stay calm, and I often fantasized that I was drinking while I was on the rock wall."

During the expression, Alan repeatedly mentioned the role of spirituality and the power of friends, "In the canyon, I felt that someone was with me, and I felt that my relatives and friends were with me, and it was they who gave me a strong will and great courage. ”

Life is empty and boring, and only in the wilderness can we create an extraordinary possibility!

Accompanied by Alan? More photos of Ruston climbing, the text appears on the screen, and then the subtitles fall, and the theme song sung by Taylor plays, and the film ends.

The applause suddenly rang out, from the ordinary audience in the back row, quickly spread to the positions of the guests in the front row, Ryan took the lead in standing up, looking at Natalie, who was a little excited, while clapping his palms vigorously.

"Congratulations, Nat."

"It's a very good movie!"

"You've done a great job!"

"You're going to be one of the best female directors in Hollywood......"

Many people gathered around and congratulated Natalie, and the female director returned the salute one by one, and although the smile on her face was inevitably formulaic, Ryan could see that Natalie was very happy.

She has ambition and desire. Hopefully, I knew what I wanted more than ten years ago, and I am constantly working hard for it.

"Nat, I'm proud of you." Ryan hugged her hard, "The film is even better than I thought. ”

"Thank you!" Natalie kissed him very quickly on the corner of the mouth, "Thank you for your support, Ryan, I couldn't have done this without you." ”

"After watching this film, I feel confident." Ryan whispered in her ear, "Honey, wait for your first Oscar nomination." ”

This film does exceed Ryan's expectations for Natalie, perhaps with the tempering of the first two real films, her more than ten years of learning and accumulation, finally blooming as it should be.

As a biopic based on a true adaptation, "127 Hours" has its inevitable natural flaws - the plot conflict is not enough, and the story line is too simple.

The movie only chooses Allen as a clue in the narrative, and 80% of the shots in the whole film are his pictures and his perspectives, and Natalie deliberately highlights one point - when people are trapped, it is impossible to know anything other than themselves!

"Does my family know I'm missing?"

"Are they looking for me?"

"Did my friend call the police?"

Nothing is known! Some are just unknown, dazed, fearful, anxious, worried......

Only by using this technique can these emotions be better displayed, and it will be easier for the audience to understand the protagonist's heart at the moment.

In particular, the scene of survival with a severed limb, when the film presents this section, it is obviously much worse than the 'bloody' Cheng dù in the shooting, Natalie adopted a more restrained approach in the post-production of Zuò, deliberately blurring the scene of amputation and the bloody Cheng dù, trying not to make the audience feel too much discomfort.

Even if Ryan hasn't experienced it personally, he knows that the reality is much more cruel and bloody than what is shown in the film, even so, it still feels very painful when watching this paragraph, and even hurts until the end of the film, feeling that every knife Alan is like cutting on himself, and the physical pain goes straight to the heart, like he said, I really can't imagine Alan? How did Ruston get here......

In terms of important emotional narratives, Natalie also adopts a more restrained attitude, not simply sensationalizing, but focusing on the attitude towards life, which is commendable.

and in the use of lenses and editing, Natalie also showed her unique side.

Before Allen was trapped, the camera moved and panoramic, and his heart was extremely happy and excited, very bright, and showed the magnificent beauty of Canyon National Park.

When Alan is trapped, the camera is also fixed, and the use of close-up shots shows the kind of occlusion high pressure.

In particular, the use of color is unique in the short film "Coffee", and this film is no exception.

The tone of the picture is very beautiful, the first half of the large area of crimson, orange and yellow mountain peaks and rocks, the end of the daylight after the escape from the trap and the shimmering swimming pool all give people a warm feeling, and when trapped, it is mostly gloomy and cold, even if there is light, it is a flash, the time is very short, setting off the dark and oppressive feeling.

I have to say that the canyon national park under her lens is really beautiful, and maybe after the film is released, there will be more tourists who love adventure.

All in all, in Ryan's opinion, as a biopic, it is already very good to be made like this.

Although there are still flaws and deficiencies, there are some flaws in the grasp of the rhythm and the inner struggle of the protagonist, but it doesn't matter, this film clearly conveys something more meaningful - will, courage and cherishing life!

It's a topic that the audience loves, and it's also a topic that many of the college's judges enjoy, and that's enough for Ryan.

Enough for him to carry out a PR operation, enough to get Natalie a belated Oscar nomination. (To be continued......)