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OOH, OUI! Mathieu Amalric (pictured, with Emmanuelle Seigner) plays paralyzed French magazine editor in the incredibly moving Diving Bell and the Butterfly, now on DVD
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Rated: PG-13; DVD Release Date: Apr 29, 2008; Genres: Drama, Foreign Language; With: Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Seigner; Distributor: Miramax

Julian Schnabel's masterful adaptation of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, French Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir, is a moving, humane drama about a vibrant man (Mathieu Amalric) left almost completely paralyzed by a stroke, and the rich life that lingered after his body failed. EXTRAS Schnabel's fantastic commentary mixes technical details — he attached his own glasses to the camera to simulate Bauby's point of view — with fun asides (Niels Arestrup, who plays a hospital visitor, is a mix of ''Chris Walken and Marlon Brando after they've been stuck inside a glacier for about 13 hours''). A


Posted May 02, 2008
 

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