Excellent film with great direction and perspective

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	• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner Miramax, 2008 average customer review:based on 44 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent film with great direction and perspective

I had already read the book when I came into the movie. Warning - there ARE subtitles, and it can be VERY blunt at times. It's very interesting because the book takes you through his life and his story through his own eyes only. The movie gives you a perspective that Jean-Do never had...what others saw on the outside. It's very touching and it's hard not to finish watching the movie without tears in your eyes. I recommend reading the book first, then watching the film.

Homage to Jean-Dominique Bauby

An engaging and penetrating adaptation of Jean-Dominique Bauby's brilliant memoir of the same title. Jean-Do was the handsome young editor of Elle magazine, with the house, the car, a beautiful wife and adorable children, and of course, the other woman. While enjoying the accoutrements of the good life he suffers a massive stroke that leaves him paralyzed from head to toe, but for the ability to blink his left eye. He is afflicted with what is termed locked-in syndrome. He retains the faculties of memory and imagination and, with the help of his devoted carers, is able to complete his memoire by blinking yes or no in response to a particular letter of the alphabet. With the aide of a patient scribe, Jean-Do retraces the defining moments of his short life from the fresh perspective of this unique predicament, inside what he metaphorically describes as his diving bell - the world beneath his skin containing all of his subjective thoughts, his reflexive response to what appears real externally, and what he retains of his past. The aesthetic is represented as a butterfly, wandering at will and gracing the things its touches with its ephemeral beauty. He sees the faces of his loved ones: his wife, lover, children, and adorable carers, and appreciates what he has lost - the capacity to fully express his love for them with a gentle embrace. It is a multi layered film that explores the emotional responses of others to Jean-Do's loss as well. This is one of those rare films that can change your way of seeing. I found it profoundly moving and performed by an outstanding cast. The one shame is that Jean-Do hasn't survived to see what beauty his little butterfly is bringing to the world after all.

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Beautiful film

Beautiful film. I'm grateful the filmmaker decided to go against the original plan to shoot it as an English-language film and instead shoot it in French.

After seeing this true story about the last months of a SEVERELY disabled person, it will be a long time before I complain about the problems in my own life.

An inspiring story.

A..E..I..O..U have to watch this movie.

If there was ever a film that illustrated how anyone's life can change dramatically in a matter of seconds, or how perseverance is possible even in the face of the most extreme limitations one could face, this is it. The main character is completely paralyzed aside from his left eye, for the majority of the film, yet still able to get his message across. "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly" is the true story based on the meiors of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a well-known french journalist, author, and editor of 'Elle' magazine, who was left paralyzed after suffering a stroke. He awakes from a three-week coma unable to move, yet the viewer is still told the rest of the story through the eye of Bauby's character, in his world of vision. We hear his thoughts in the voice he was given, but the rest of his words are only told via the pain-staken work of the speach therapists who worked diligently with Bauby as he lay bed ridden. After he is freed from the confines of the hospital, with hired help from Elle, Bauby continues writing the book he had previously planned on writing prior to his stroke. This story is nothing short of inspirational and is one of the most creative points of view I've seen in film. I could never bring myself to complain about a dream involving the lovely Emma De Caunes, only that I wish they had done more with the visions that were outside of Bauby's reality, but besides that, this film is strong, compelling, and definitely delivers a message that should be heard.

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

This is an awesome story of a man who, rather than give up on life, manages to write his story in a most poetic manner. I should have been sad about his situation, but instead I clapped my hands at his resolve.

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From Miramax Films acclaimed director Julian Schnabel and the screenwriter of THE PIANIST comes a remarkable and inspiring true story about the awesome power of imagination. Experience the triumphant tale of renowned editor Jean-Dominique Bauby a man whose love of life and soaring vision shaped his will to achieve a life without boundaries. You'll soon discover why David Benby of "The New Yorker" calls THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY "nothing less than the rebirth of the cinema."System Requirements:Running Time: 112 minutes Language: English / Spanish / French Subtitles: English / French / SpanishFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/TRUE STORY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 786936750119 Manufacturer No: 05596700

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