The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (DVD)

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly film is adapted from an unusual 1998 memoir — Jean-Dominique Bauby (editor-in-chief of Elle magazine) “wrote” this account of his stroke and subsequent “locked-in syndrome” via dictation — using the only part of his body he still had control over and use of: his left eye.
The story is a compelling one and a seemingly “un-filmable” one, as well. And yet, director Julian Schnabel achieves a beautiful, highly cinematic, deeply moving account. The acting is uniformly strong (wonderful to see Max von Sydow as Bauby’s aging father) but it is the effective use of light/sound/music and above all camera that take this film a step — or several — further. I will not discuss shot selection, camera angle, lighting, editing, etc since you will want to make this discovery for yourself.

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Weight 1 lbs