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• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

  Monday, Apr 21, 2008 6:22AM / Standard Entry / Members only
  

  

  

   

  Im not good at writing reviews for films, music, books or anything at all. So i cant really say much about this movie, but 2 words plus an article, "A must see".

  Its a film based on the memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby (aka Jean-Do), once the editor of Elle magazine in France.

  The cinematography is really "dreamy". Often we see the world through his eyes, or i should say left eye, and only hear his inner voice because he had a stroke and it led to him being paralyzed and unable to talk nor move a thing but his left eye. Mentally unaffected and still able to hear and understand everything, he was diagnosed with "locked-in sydnrome".

  Jean-Do tells the story of how he was able to superficially have everything but didnt have himself or know who he was until he had nothing but this left eye to move, memory and imagination. He takes us on a journey through his past while expressing how devasting the present is. The turmoil continues but he still keeps his wit and humour, becomes stronger, positive and continues to live life and "write" a book with what he has left.

  We drift into his memories, fly with his imagination, sink into his emotions and sit inside his mind when he is thinking.

  Definitely a film to be watched with a box of kleenex. Or some extra advice if you're gona watch it on the plane's inflight entertainment, use ur sleeves or towel or whatever you have if u dont have any tissue for the tears. The rough blanket they provide is like sandpaper on sensitive skin, terribly terribly bad for the eyes.

  Oh and really really great acting too!

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