Giving An Arm And… An Arm
January 5, 2011
Director Danny Boyle’s latest film, 127 Hours, tells the true story of Aron Ralston, a US mountaineer who was forced to cut off his own arm after being trapped under a boulder in a canyon for five days.
The critically-acclaimed film uses computer-generated images to show Mr Ralston, played by James Franco, breaking his own arm and using a blunt penknife to cut through his flesh.
As the film goes on general release in the UK, Mr Ralston goes into graphic detail about the moment he realised how to escape and what it felt like to amputate his own arm.
GUIDANCE: This interview contains material which some listeners might find disturbing
Listen to the full interview on Outlook on the BBC World Service.
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