Every year there's a film or two that elevates you into one direction or another. It takes you to a higher ground and inspires you. It demonstrates the power of art; what art is supposed to do and its relevance to our lives. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" is one of those films. Based on a novel Jean-Dominique Bauby who blinked the book to an interpreter after a stroke left him paralyzed with only one blinking eye. If it happened to anybody, people would scream euthanasia but Bauby used his imagination to inspire us. Julian Schnabel who gets better with each film (Basquiat, Before Night Falls) along with Ronald Harwood (The Pianist) and a terrific cast and crew delights us with a film full of splendor and imagination about the human spirit that will move you beyond words. It's an award contender, specially for Max von Sydow who's sure bet for an Oscar. This film proves what cinema and art is all about. Definitely one of the best films of the year if not the best. YRCinema's coverage of AFI Fest 2007.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Every year there's a film or two that elevates you into one direction or another. It takes you to a higher ground and inspires you. It demonstrates the power of art; what art is supposed to do and its relevance to our lives. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" is one of those films. Based on a novel Jean-Dominique Bauby who blinked the book to an interpreter after a stroke left him paralyzed with only one blinking eye. If it happened to anybody, people would scream euthanasia but Bauby used his imagination to inspire us. Julian Schnabel who gets better with each film (Basquiat, Before Night Falls) along with Ronald Harwood (The Pianist) and a terrific cast and crew delights us with a film full of splendor and imagination about the human spirit that will move you beyond words. It's an award contender, specially for Max von Sydow who's sure bet for an Oscar. This film proves what cinema and art is all about. Definitely one of the best films of the year if not the best. YRCinema's coverage of AFI Fest 2007.
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