For those of you who didn't manage to make it to Movie-Con this weekend, here's a little taster of the Q&As we enjoyed, with Danny Boyle talking about 127 Hours, and specifically the challenges of making the story cinematic.
As the more switched-on among you will know, the film tells the story of Aron Ralston (James Franco), adrenalin junkie and extreme climber, who gets trapped down a cliff-face with his arm wedged beneath a boulder for, well, 127 hours. So how do you make the sight of one guy halfway up a crevice truly cinematic? Well, here's what Boyle had to say...
The film's trailer premiered at Movie-Con, just hours after being colour corrected and finished. It sees Franco's Ralston living the high life, biking in the desert, partying with friends and introducing two girls (Kate Mara and Amber Tamblyn) to his canyoneering ways, before dashing off on his own. It's soon after that that, making his way up a narrow crevice, a boulder lands on his arm, wedging him in. And that's where the trailer ends. As Boyle said, "What you saw in the teaser trailer is the good bit, the fun bit – and after that he’s stuck there."
For more details on the whole weekend, as well as more on Danny Boyle's **127 Hours **Q&A, check out our live-blog here.
127 Hours will close the London Film Festival on October 13 and come out here reasonably soon after, and in the US on November 5. Brace yourselves.