Neff Near Death from a Shot to the Shoulder?
Not buying it. Not too far away from the "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" line: "It's just a flesh wound!"
shareWhere do you get "near death"?
shareThat's the point. They act like he's dying, or at least, very badly wounded, after being shot in the shoulder. Come on! Is he that much of a pussy?
shareHe's starting to pass out from blood loss. Hello? And it's your assumption that "It's just a flesh wound." The bullet could've shattered bone and torn through whatever tissue was in its path.
shareExactly. There's a myth that gunshots to the shoulder, or the arm or the leg are just debilitating and not potentially lethal. Any gunshot wound can kill. Hit the wrong artery or vein, or don't get the wound treated quickly enough, and people die.
shareYou're a doctor, right? Nope.
But, it's a movie. Shoot him in the gut or something where we get the point better. Not that difficult.
That's the only way you would get it? Shot in the stomach would leave him dead before he would be able to get to the office, let alone tell his story. Weakening from blood loss from a shoulder wound is much better. Ordinarily I wouldn't say this; but, you should go dumb yourself down with a less sophisticated movie that you can "get".
shareHere:
https://www.quora.com/How-long-can-a-person-who-has-been-shot-on-the-shoulder-survive-without-medical-help
Neff absolutely could have been killed from his wound. The same way that a writer can bend truth enough to make a shot to the centre mass non-lethal in their action movies, Billy Wilder can make a shot to the shoulder lethal in a noir.