The diving bell and the butterfly is a perfect film directed by Julian Schnabel. It's a true story about a successful editor who had a stroke paralyzing his whole body except for his left eyelid. Threw a translating method of blinking, he was able to write a book of memoirs called The diving bell and the butterfly.
The women in this film, especially the main translator, are drop dead gorgeous.
The film is shot mostly from his "closed-in prospective". It's both beautiful and horrifying the way it's shot. I thought the main actor was SO great. I don't know how he can make his face droop like that... and his one eye looks so unnatural and fitting to the situation. The music is neat, different, and inspiring.
Speaking of inspiring... if this doesn't make you want to make the most of life, i don't know what will. The idea of creating something great when the only form of communication is your eyelid is so profound and so inspiring, it makes you want to just kill yourself.
This is an absolute perfect movie. It's French and in subtitles and if that bothers you then you're probably reading the wrong film blog.
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