Question

A few years back I read that Aaron Ralston was arrested for domestic abuse. Does that change the way you view his story? I could argue that in his case he probably dealt with PTSD. Not hard to believe considering most war vets go undiagnosed. But, being that he was charged with abusing his wife does that make you feel less about his story and the film?

No, I don't think less about his story. In the end the film does a great job with metaphors. The idea of someone overcoming something deemed impossible or unlikely.

Okay, let's say I show this to a classroom of students. The next day a student presses the question I asked. How do you respond?

I wouldn't consider this film a biography. So the story still exists even if the person's credibility is diminished.



We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known.