... when it was first released and being completely immersed in the story. I actually felt cold watching it!
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When I watched this movie I was struggling with serious chronic illness, and this movie affected me so much. I was looking to watch survival stories, as seeing people determined to survive helps give me strength to keep fighting my illness. I don't think I've ever been affected more by a movie watching experience as this one.
As his situation kept getting worse, the emotions of what he was going through were hard to comprehend, and I couldn't help but laugh at the dark comedy of it all. Spent the last third of the movie laughing at the absurdity and unlikeliness of his misfortunes. Totally hard to grasp that he survived the incident.
Another that affected me in a big way was seeing Gandhi when I was a child, it stuck in my mind for the rest of my life. Especially the scenes at the end of the Salt March, where lines of thousands of people walk slowly up to the police with batons, in protest, getting beaten down one after the other, never fighting back, their only weapon their resolute determination.
I watched Touching The Void a second time with friends, while in a better state of mind, and while it didn't have the same emotional impact, it was still powerful the second time through. I noticed many details I missed the first time through, and was able to see the overall story more clearly. The unlikeliness of the whole thing shone through even more the second time. It's hard to believe it's not a work of fiction!