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glorified_version · **Posted:** Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:45 am

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a 2007 film directed by Julian Schnabel. It is based on the French memoir Le Scaphandre et le Papillon by Jean-Dominique Bauby.

The film describes Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke at the age of 43, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome. The condition paralyzed him; his only remaining means of communication was the blinking of his left eyelid. The film premiered in competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival on May 22.

withoutrings · **Joined:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:24 am **Posts:** 6234

be prepared for some heavy, heavy cinema. i loved it, and it certainly should be nominated for best picture over juno or atonement. really a beautiful movie, i can't think of one bad thing to say about it.

glorified_version · **Posted:** Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:51 am

I'm really anticipating this right now, maybe I'll look for a download somewhere

jwfocker · **Posted:** Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:34 pm

I might give this movie a try. It's either this or MIchael Clayton.

glorified_version · **Posted:** Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:04 pm

It's supposed to be more innovative visually and a lot less melodramatic than other, similarly "uplifting" films which are almost always ALWAYS garbage

Orpheus · **Posted:** Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:15 am

I saw a ten second clip on a review show a few weeks ago and it made me want to see it. It's finally showing here too.

likeatab · **Posted:** Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:13 pm

my wife and i were going to see this last weekend but ended up going for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. looks interesting.

lowlight79 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:27 pm

Wasn't Depp suppose to do this flick, but couldn't cause of Sweeney Todd?

Orpheus · **Posted:** Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:20 pm

likeatab wrote:

my wife and i were going to see this last weekend but ended up going for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. looks interesting.

What a great year for movies.

glorified_version · **Posted:** Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:41 pm

lowlight79 wrote:

Wasn't Depp suppose to do this flick, but couldn't cause of Sweeney Todd?

I wouldn't be surprised...didn't he live in France for a few years

Orpheus · **Posted:** Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:52 pm

I wouldn't have liked Depp in this flick. Too big of a name. Plus he's not French, yanno.

glorified_version · **Posted:** Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:58 pm

this opens here this weekend

Hinny · **Posted:** Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:42 am

I saw it the weekend before- this had absolutely been an awesome year for quality cinema, and I'd place this at the top of my pile. Probably more for the subject matter than anything else.

I've worked with people with Locked-In Syndrome before. I'm in neurological rehab, so a lot of this is pretty familiar to me. Screw Emile Hirsch and Johnny Depp- Mathieu Amalric is the one who should've taken Tommy Lee Jones/Viggo Mortenson/George Clooney's spot in the Oscar noms.

If something like this ever happens to me, I want Marie-Josée Croze to be my speech therapist, qualified or not. Loved the line about it not being fair that he's got her working so hard for him and all he can do is check her out with his eye.

SmilinSkullRing · **Posted:** Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:14 pm

I just heard of this a few days ago. I really want to see it.

invention · **Joined:** Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:34 am **Posts:** 12029

people should check the book out.

mastaflatch · **Posted:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:38 am

Hinny wrote:

I saw it the weekend before- this had absolutely been an awesome year for quality cinema, and I'd place this at the top of my pile. Probably more for the subject matter than anything else.

I've worked with people with Locked-In Syndrome before. I'm in neurological rehab, so a lot of this is pretty familiar to me. Screw Emile Hirsch and Johnny Depp- Mathieu Amalric is the one who should've taken Tommy Lee Jones/Viggo Mortenson/George Clooney's spot in the Oscar noms.

If something like this ever happens to me, I want Marie-Josée Croze to be my speech therapist, qualified or not. Loved the line about it not being fair that he's got her working so hard for him and all he can do is check her out with his eye.

marie-josée croze :heartbeat:

McParadigm · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:07 pm **Posts:** 12393

The knight from Seventh Seal was in this, I hear.

bondcfh007 · **Posted:** Thu May 29, 2008 8:19 pm

saw this last night... absolutely incredible. extra credit for tom waits songs

withoutrings · **Joined:** Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:24 am **Posts:** 6234

invention wrote:

people should check the book out.

i think the film and book differ on some key aspects, no?

iceagecoming · **Posted:** Thu May 29, 2008 8:42 pm

I haven't seen the film yet, but i really want to.

I read the book a couple of years back and I thought it was beautiful.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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