Rescue Dawn. Werner Herzog, 2006.
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Edition screened: MGM Blu-ray, released 2007. English language. Runtime approximately 126 minutes.
Summary: Asian jungle antics.
Details:
1) A huge flying insect is tied to a string and dangled over Christian Bale’s face, 19:57-20:39.
2) Christian Bale catches a large snake at 1:48:40 and wrangles it pretty impressively. He then kills it with his mouth 1:49:10 through 1:49:34.
Herzog’s direction and Bale’s acting in this sequence are excellent. We see Bale wrangle the large, real snake and prepare to bite into its midsection. There is a cutaway to water for a few seconds, then we return to Bale tearing strips off of a very realistic fake snake, string cheese style. Bale subtly manipulates the fake snake to make it seem alive.