Friday, May 4, 2012

the diving bell and the butterfly (2007)

This movie is great.  The song that opens the movie with the x-ray image title sequence is entertaining.  Mathieu Amalric is brilliant as jean-do, a performance that you have to see to believe.  His wife, Celine played by Emmanuelle Seigner is done with passion.  Max Von Sydow plays Jean-do father in a small but pivotal role in the film.  The music in the film makes it greater.

There are three extras in this dvd release.  The best is Julian Schnabel's (director) interview with Charlie Rose.

Quotes:
"This is life?"
"A battalion of cripples."

9/10

ps. this is a true story about a guy who wrote a book with one eye after he had a stroke.



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