Monday, December 6, 2010

trapped

i will NOT be seeing the new film 127 hours, about mountain climber aron ralston's self-amputation of his arm in order to survive being trapped in the utah desert.  why will i not be seeing it?  because this is what the new york times said about why it was rated R - for "a very graphic scene of self-mutilation."

uh, yeah.  won't be watching that.  apparently some people in the audience at the premier fainted during this scene.  this is not for me.

however!  i recently subscribed to http://sendmeastory.com/, which, um, sends you a (good, long, nonfiction) story every week, with links to others.  recently they sent me "trapped" (from outside magazine, 2004), which is aron ralston's first person account of what happened.  so i read that and now i don't have to feel bad about not seeing the movie.  and it's an incredible story, so if you have some time you should read it.

the end.

3 comments:

  1. Send Me A Story is my new favorite thing ever! Thanks, Claire!

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  2. This doesn't relate whatsoever to James Franco sawing through a prosthetic arm, but I stumbled across this blog and I think you would enjoy it. http://stuffnoonetoldme.blogspot.com/

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  3. omg, i'm loving stuffnoonetoldme already! thanks...anonymous! :)

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