Apparently, Hollywood has figured out a way to actually
kill us audience members with just a screening of one of their over-budgeted spectacles. This reminds me of the story Tarantino tells about Speilberg's
Jaws sending some guy into cardiac arrest during its opening. Most filmmakers pray, dream, even lust about having some - no ANY significant affect on their audience. But killing a guy? I can already imagine the legions of angry, scarred-from-high school directors now looking to this new, probably legal method of revenge. Or, it might just simply be of interest to them to have anything close to the reaction one
Avatar audience member had - may he Rest in Peace.
The following
Huffington Post piece is a true story:
"A 42-year-old man in Taiwan has died of a stroke likely caused by over-excitement from watching the 3-D blockbuster epic "Avatar," USA Today reports.
The man, identified only by his last name Kuo, is said to have had a history of high blood pressure. During the screening, in the Taiwanese city of Hsinch, Kuo reportedly began to feel unwell; by the time he reached the hospital he was unconscious. A scan showed that his brain was hemorrhaging. Kuo died 11 days later.
An emergency-room doctor told
AFP: "It's likely that the over-excitement from watching the movie triggered his symptoms."
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