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India Press Store - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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Manufacturer: Miramax
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais
Directed By: Julian Schnabel
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936750119
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-04-29
Running Time: 112
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-12-25
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Summary: Sensitive film, extraordinary story
Comment: Quite a feat to translate such a difficult story into film, and it works. This is a sensitive film of an extraordinary story at once a lesson in life and death, as well as poignant and inspirational - and handled without ever becoming cloying or maudlin.
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Summary: Very moving
Comment: Director Schnabel turned a most depressing subject into a beautiful story about will and compassion. The scenery is beautiful and the filming extraordinary. That the director is an artist and had a fear of dying adds to the deep undertones. No wonder it has received so many awards. Not recommended for small children.
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Summary: very accurate discription of a stroke
Comment: I had a very bad stroke three years ago. I even had surgery. I loved this move. The only differance betweem me amd him was modern medicine. It brought back many memories. Very accurate. Very inspirational. I still go to therapy and I still have a limited range of motion. I can now touch my ear with the effected hand/arm. It made me realize how much I can do.
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Summary: Never received it
Comment: I had forgotten about this order. I never received it.
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Summary: A brilliant, moving film
Comment: THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY is one of the move moving films that I have seen in some time. The film tells the true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby's devastating stroke, which left his mental faculties completely unimpaired but left him physically unable to move apart from blinking his left eye. The part of Bauby, or Jean-Do as he is called, was originally going to be played by Johnny Depp (he had to pull out because of conflicts with the PIRATES films), but as fine as he is as an actor it is hard to imagine that he would have been finer than Mathieu Amalric. Though there are many flashback scenes where Amalric is able to use his entire body, most often he is able to do nothing but blink his eye. Lines from T. S. Eliot kept running through my mind as I watched Amalric bring his character to life -- "Paralyzed force, gesture without motion." Yet Amalric is able to bring a surprising amount of expressiveness to his role, partly aided by glasses that seem to magnify his right eye, the only part of his body that he is able to move.
I have not read the book upon which the movie is based, a novel that was painstakingly dictated by Jean-Do as his aide would read out the alphabet and he would blink when she would reach the correct letter. By any standard of human achievement, the writing of the book has to stand as one of the most remarkable accomplishments in our culture. One can hardly imagine managing desiring to stay alive under such conditions, let alone write a book.
The use of the camera is in the film is remarkable. For quite a while at the beginning all camera work is from the first person, seeing pretty much what Jean-Do would have seen. Once that first person perspective is broken it moves back and forth from that perspective to that of a disembodied outside observer. Especially in moving from the flashback scenes to those of Jean-Do as a paralytic, the shifting in viewpoints reinforces the sense of his entrapment in his own body.
The film further establishes Julian Schnabel as one of the finest filmmakers active today. His resume is tiny, but all three of his feature films make for riveting viewing. At the rate at which he works (his main career has been as a painter based out of New York), he make only get around to making 2 or 3 more films, but I'll be anxious to see anything and everything he makes.
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Editorial Reviews:
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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: 5596703
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