Review of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) by Billys. — 02 Feb 2008
How do you make a painfully sad story and turn it into a beautiful life-affirming movie? Answer-Julian Schnabel. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly is the masterpiece everyone knew that Schnabel was destined to make after Basquiat and Before Night Falls introduced his work in a new medium.
Once again he has cast the movie impeccably and cinematographer Janusz Kaminski films a good part of the movie through the one working eye of Jean-Dominique Bauby that proves he doesn't need Speilberg to get an Oscar nomination, which like Scnabels for Director and Ronald Harwoods for Screenplay, are totally deserving.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is as close you'll get to "Film as Art" as you'll ever get.
This review of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) was written by Billys. on 02 Feb 2008.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has generally received very positive reviews.
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