i am scarred for life from the scene in the french movie Caché-Hidden?

Question

the one where the algerian man slits his throat and it's very graphic and bloody (though slightly artistic...)
did it have the same effect on you?

Answer 1

From a filmakers perspectivem they wanted to set the scene for the rest of the movie.

There is so much violence in movies, it is hard to show something violent that will actually affect a viewer.

In this film, Majid slitting his throat does this effectively. I think it is mean't to shock the viewer in it sense of being real, and not a film, that this creates a kind of awakening, or satori, in a zen sense that follows to the remainder of the movie.

Answer 2

No but I think that is because we all take scenes like this in varying ways. Some take it better than others.